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WILMINGTON-MOREHEAD

Official Publication

N. C. State Ports Authority

STONE TOWING LINE

4 South Water St.

WILMINGTON, N. C.

Tel. 4547

Peter B. Ruffin, President
W. D. Williams, Secretary

W. P. Emerson, Vice-President
J. P. Wilson, Treasurer

Wilmington bhipping Lompany

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 270
Telephone 2-3381

Cable Address
WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

Atlantic and East Carolina
Railroad Company

SERVING THE PORT OF MOREHEAD CITY

Big Enough To Do The Job . . . Yet Small Enough
To Take A Personal Interest In Each Shipper

.V. C. S. P. A. Terminal, Port of Morekead City

NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA

SECURITY

NATIONAL BANK

North Carolina's
Largest National Bank

GREENSBORO - BURLINGTON - HIGH POINT
RALEIGH TARBORO WILMINGTON

Member Federal Reserve System • Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

MTII CAROLINA PORTS

Official Publication

North Carolina State

Ports Authority

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Chairman Edwin Pate

Vice-Chairman Raymond A. Bryan

Secretary-Treasurer W. Avery Thompson

Member J. Harry White

Member Harvey W. Moore

Member Harold F. Coffey

H. V. Conly Asst. Secretary

Executive Director

COL. G. W. GILLETTE

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

H. V. Conly Asst. to Director

E. E. Lee, Jr. Traffic Manager

Frank C. Adams ... Public Relations

WILMINGTON OFFICE

P. O. Box 1048
Telephone — 3-1622

Philip L. Sullivan Terminal Manager

H. N. Larcombe... Commercial Representative

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

P. O. Box 145
Telephone — 6-3159

J. D. Holt Terminal Manager

Camden P. Fessant Assistant

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NORTH CAROLINA PORTS is the only offi-
cial publication of the N. C. State Ports
Authority, and editorial content and adver-
tising is under the direction of the public
relations office, P. O. Box 1048, Wilmington,
N. C.

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December, 1953 — Vol. 1, No. 1

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PYRAMID

CONSTRUCTION
CO.. INC.

COMMERCIAL

AND INDUSTRIAL

CONSTRUCTION

PILE DRIVING
DOCKS-WHARVES

Waterfront Construction
of All Types

DIAL 2-8240

3608 OLEANDER DR.

SPA Fumigating Plant

Ports Are Vital To State

A Statement by Governor William B. Umstead

North Carolina has now completed two excellent ports, one at More-
head City and one at Wilmington, which are operated hy the North Caro-
lina State Ports Authority. The construction of these ports was another
step in the development of our State. However, the port facilities as such
cannot, and will not, bring to us a substantial export and import trade.

In view of the increasingly competitive
nature of world-wide overseas shipping',
this trade must be developed through a
sound program, which will pay great di-
vidends to the State of North Carolina.
The successful operation of these ports
will require skilled specialists and con-
siderable time and planning. The General
Assembly of 1953 reorganized the mem-
bership of the North Carolina State Ports
Authority and, under the provisions of
this statute, I have made my appoint-
ments. All members of the Ports Authori-
ty are capable businessmen with sound
judgment and ability to direct the opera-
tion of these facilities.

Our ports at Morehead City and Wil-
mington are gateways to the seven seas
and will serve as valuable avenues of com-
merce in promoting greater prosperity
and growth for North Carolina. Their real
contribution to the future development
and advancement of North Carolina will
depend upon how effectively we can make
them serve the interest of our State. This
is a big job, which will require tireless
energy and the best talent which can be
found.

I am confident that our State ports will
make a real contribution in attracting
new industry for North Carolina. We know
that many industrial leaders are looking
to the South as the land of opportunity
for expansion and future growth. These
new ports must be considered as utilities
designed for transportation, like our high-
ways and our railroad lines, connecting
our inland transportation systems with
water transportation to the world, and
will open new avenues of commerce for
industries in our State.

These ports will also serve agriculture
and agricultural products. This should re-
sult in substantial savings to our farm

HON. WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD
Governor of North Carolina

people and to our State. We are first in
the growth of flue-cured tobacco and the
manufacture of tobacco products, so it is
only natural to expect tobacco to be im-
portant in the export trade through our
ports. However, textiles, cotton, furniture,
peanuts, foodstuffs and grain will be
among the other products that can be ex-
pected to be exported in bulk. Some of the
imports probably will include certain types
of tobacco, Egyptian cotton, mahogany
logs from South America for furniture
and veneers, bauxite for the manufacture
of aluminum, steel, iron and other ores,
fertilizers, and many other products.
(Continued on Page 12)

Arsenal on The

Construction of Ammunition Loading Terminal

By COL. R. L. HILL, U. S. Engineer, Wilmington District

The Wilmington District of the Corps of Engineers is currently en-
gaged in its largest peacetime construction project since the District Office
was established in North Carolina some 68 years ago.

installation

This
is the Wilmington
Ammunition Load-
ing Terminal, lo-
cated on the west
side of the Cape
Fear River, some
15 miles south of
Wilmington and
immediately north
of Southport. Di-
rectly opposite the
area are the re-
mains of once
proud and mighty
Fort Fisher. Popular conception has dub-
bed the new facility "Sunny Point" be-
cause of an old plantation by that name
which existed there.

The terminal, a pilot project for the
army, is scheduled to be operated by the
Transportation Corps. Plans make no pro-

COL. R. L. HILL
S. District Engineer

visions for storage; instead, the installa-
tion will handle the shipment of ammuni-
tion direct from land carriers to cargo
vessels.

Some 9,000 acres of land, which are to
be fenced and circled by a perimeter road
for roving patrol vehicles, have been pur-
chased in fee simple as a locale for the
project. A buffer zone, comprising another
5,000 acres, has been acquired under ease-
ment to provide a safety area around the
reservation proper.

Dredging operations, embracing the re-
moval of 18,000,000 cubic yards of spoil
and scheduled to be completed next Janu-
ary, are in progress by the McWilliams
Dredging Corporation of New Orleans, La.
This phase includes a main channel branch-
ing off from the river channel below
Wharf No. 1, running by the three
wharves, and rejoining the river channel

Crane swings 1004b. (3 ieet) rail into position on Access Railroad. Construction gang says the
line is not as long as some but just as wide. It connects the projects with the ACL 18 miles away.

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ape Fear River

north of Wharf No. 3. Another approach
channel leads to the middle wharf. The
channels are 34 feet deep by 300 feet
wide, and broaden to 800 feet opposite
each wharf to provide turning basins. Such
an arrangement provide an ingress -
egress route for each wharf and permits
a ship to operate without having- to come
in close contact with ships abreast of
other wharves. This flexibility is of par-
ticular advantage in the event a vessel
must be removed to a remote area for
purposes of safety.

The wharves are being constructed by
the Diamond Construction Company of Sa-
vannah, Ga. They are located about one-
half mile apart, are 2400 feet long and
87 feet wide, and will be constructed with
reinforced concrete deck supported on 10,-
000 concrete piles. These docks will be
protected with a fender system of green-
hart timbers. Each wharf will accommo-
date three Liberty type ships and will be
serviced by a single line railroad which
spreads to three tracks atop the decks.

The William A. Smith Construction
Company of Houston, Texas has been en-
gaged in building the Access Railroad for
the past eight months. This 18-mile line

leaves the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
near Leland, N. C, and connects with the
rail system within the reservation. It will
be finished in 1953.

Construction of the Site Railroad is ex-
pected to get underway within the next
few weeks. A contract for building some
38 miles of trackage through a network
of yards, spurs and sidings, has been
awarded to T. P. Scholes, Inc., a firm of
Reading, Pa. The entire railway system
will comprise about 70 miles of track,
with the main line of 100-lb. rail and 85-
lb. type for sidings and spurs.

After the necessary design work is
completed, other contracts will be award-
ed for administrative facilities, utilities,
electric power, and telecommunications.

All structures within the danger area
are designed to resist damage from explo-
sions and fire. Moreover, additional em-
phasis is given to facilities and equip-
ment for fighting large fires. Completion
of the terminal is expected in mid-1955.

Transportation Corps officials selected
Sunny Point for the terminal, because it
adequately meets requirements for: con-
nection with air, water, rail and highway
facilities.

Access Railroad trestle inches across Town Creek, the latter famed for spring herring runs.
Piling are chemically treated to last indefinitely.

SPA Seeks Executive Head

Agency Members Look

To Busy Year Ahead

With the resignations of A. G. Myers
of Gastonia as Chairman, and Col. G. W.
Gillette as Executive Director, the N. C.
State Ports Authority under the chair-
manship of Edwin Pate, approaches the
New Year with a membership vacancy
and the task of finding a new administra-
tive head.

A committee of SPA members headed
by the chairman is seeking the best qual-
ified man available in a highly specialized
field to further develop and promote the
state's multi-million dollar marine termi-
nals at the Ports of Wilmington and
Morehead City, as well as the fortunes
of the smaller ports and harbors on North
Carolina's extensive coast. There is no ter-
ritorial limit to the agency's survey of
executive talent with the necessary ex-
perience and background.

Mr. Myers, one of the state's best known
financial and textile figures, asked to be
relieved in October after more than eight
years of service as vice-chairman and
chairman under the administrations of
three governors. Impaired health made
his retirement necessary, he told his fel-
low SPA members and Governor Umstead.

Chairman Edwin Pate

He had served since the beginning of SPA
in 1945.

Colonel Gillette, who was appointed ex-
ecutive director in 1948 on his retirement
from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers,
made his request to be relieved from active
SPA duty at the year's end to permit him
to enter private enterprise. Under his su-

AU seven of Governor Umstead's appointments to the North Carolina State Ports are seen
together below as they took oath of office from State Supreme Court Associate Justice Jeff D.
Johnson, Jr. From the left they are Edwin Pate. W. Avery Thompson. Raymond A. Bryan, Harvey
W. Moore, A. G. Myers, J. Harry White and Harold F. Coffey. Governor Umstead looks on al the
extreme right.

Guide Agency After Dec. 31

A. G. Myers

Col. G. W. Gillette

pervision, the state terminals had been
planned and constructed; the first 18
months of operations had been carried
out. The facilities are recognized as among
the most modern on the Atlantic Coast.
The reorganized SPA board which took
office last July not only faces the task
of finding top personnel, but has on its
agenda a number of major port develop-
ments which will make 1954 a busy and

productive year. Its membership, repre-
senting the state's major industrial busi-
ness and financial interests, is devoting
individual time and effort to the promo-
tion of ocean traffic through the state's
recently improved harbors.

As the new chairman, Edwin Pate
brings to the SPA his experience as a
Laurinburg banker and an executive of
(Continued on Page 21)

The Wilmington Savings & Trust Co.

Wilmington, North Carolina

"North Carolina's Port Bank"

Capital
$300,000

♦

Surplus
$1,000,000

MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

and

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

.4 Symbol of Service and Progress Since 1888

N. C. Ports Serve Defense

National defense has been one of the
effective supporting arguments for the
expenditure of federal funds for the pro-
jection and maintenance of American har-
bors and waterways, and now both the
Ports of Wilmington and Morehead City
are facilitating operations at North Caro-
lina's largest military establishments.

The U. S. Marine training center at
Camp Lejeune and air base at Cherry
Point have used the new SPA docks and
warehouses at Morehead City from the
date of their completion for a steady flow
of personnel and supply. Supporting equip-
ment and supply move over the docks to
scores of U. S. Navy vessels for periodic
maneuvers in the Caribbean and for tours
of service in the Mediterranean.

The acute need of the armed forces for
the best type of shipside storage and
transit facilities in 1952 influenced the
N. C. State Ports Authority to lease to
the navy its largest warehouse units which
had been constructed with export tobacco
storage in mind. In addition to serving the
needs of the Marines, however, the mili-

Thousands of feet of concrete paved open
storage adjacent to SPA transit sheds and
warehouses at Morehead City facilitate the
movement of military supplies and equipment.
In the picture below. Marines are returning from
recent maneuvers. Immediate access by rail
and motor transport are also features of the
state docks at Wilmington where these atomic
artillery units are moving out for the defense
of Western Europe.

tary account has proved profitable from
a standpoint of storage, wharfage and
other services, as tonnages handled con-
tinually mount.

Ft. Bragg is among the largest military
establishments in the East, and the selec-
tion of the Port of Wilmington by the
Pentagon and the New York Port of Em-
barkation to move highly important con-
tingents for the support of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization in Western Eu-
rope is considered significant. Top military
figures have observed the operation over
the state docks and have indicated that
the ease and economy with which large
transports are docked and personnel and
cargo dispatched will insure future utili-
zation of the facilities.

Seaboard, Heide Build For Nitrate

The first new warehousing structure to
replace the bulk storage space lost in the
$10,000,000 Wilmington waterfront fire of
last March is due for completion Decem-
ber 15 in time for a year end movement
of Chilean nitrate.

W. S. R. Beane, executive of Heide &
Company, said the new 100 x 400 foot con-
crete and steel building will represent an
investment of around $(500,000 including
handling equipment. The structure is be-
ing built by the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
road Company for lease to Heide for bulk
material storage. Beane has announced

that the Chilean Nitrate Sales Corpora-
tion has requested use of the entire 40,-
000 sq. feet.

The new warehouse will be equipped
with a handling and distribution system
powered by a center line belt 40 feet above
the floor. The layout is adaptable to bulk
materials other than nitrate and will sup-
plement two other Heide & Company
warehouses which now provide 80,000 sq.
feet of space for bulk materials storage.
The new structure has a capacity of 33,-
000 tons, Beane said.

(Continued on Page 21)

Wholesale

Retail

FREEMAN BROTHERS

SUPPLYING

STEAMERS, FREIGHTERS, FISH BOATS

FANCY and STAPLE GROCERIES . . . FRUITS and VEGETABLES

HIGH GRADE MEATS and MEAT PRODUCTS

MILK - CREAM - ICE - FISH

FREE DELIVERY

Phone 6-3115, 3116, 3117 — Morehead City, N. C.

Canada Fir Enroute To N.C.

When the Panamanian freighter Cnosa
docks around Christmas at Wilmington
with its cargo of Canadian fir it will
mark the cheerful end of long negotiations
and the beginning of a sustained water
borne movement of lumber from the Pa-
cific Coast.

E. C. Sanders, president of the Tabor
City Lumber Co., of Tabor City, N. C,
said that the approximate 1,250,000 feet
of fir and other lumber which the S. S.
Cnosa brings is the first of a number of
ships his company expects to bring into
the Port of Wilmington at regular inter-
vals during 1954.

The N. C. State Ports Authority which
has made lumber imports one of its main
objectives, is purchasing straddle trucks
and other equipment to handle the lumber
over its docks. The SPA board has for
consideration now a plan to provide the
hard surfaced outdoor storage space to
accomodate anticipated increased demands.

A substantial tonnage of west coast
lumber reaches North Carolina's mills and
factories via transcontinental rail trans-
port, and for the past two years a number
of potential importers via intercoastal

ships have shown an interest in bringing
in lumber from the Northwest by this
means.

Steamship lines in the intercoastal trade
have been unable to offer space for car-
goes for South Atlantic ports in many in-
stances. One reason is that shipments
north of Cape Hatteras earn a substanti-
ally higher rate than to Ports south of
that point. Using foreign flag ships from
Canadian ports is one answer to the prob-
lem. It does not offer a solution, how-
ever, to the problem of bringing in Cali-
fornia and other west coast woods to the
Carolinas where there is a demand.

UMSTEAD
(Continued from Page 5)

I firmly believe that this State ports
program is a sensible, progressive and
far-reaching project for North Carolina.
We have made great strides in many
fields, such as education, health and fi-
nancial growth and stability. It is my sin-
cere belief that the promotion of our
State ports will contribute to the sound,
yet dynamic, growth of North Carolina.

The Sprunt Corporation

This business was founded in 1866 as
Alexander Sprunt & Son, a partnership,
dealing in Naval Stores and Cotton. In
later years the business was incorporated
and at the height of the cotton activi-
ties during one year alone 425,000 bales
were exported by the Sprunts through
their Champion Compress Warehouses
which was then operating all five of its
cotton presses.

During the year 1950 most of the older
members of the organization wished to re-
tire from the active cotton business and so
sold the name and the cotton merchandiz-
ing business to Alexander Sprunt & Son,
Inc., of Memphis, Tennessee. This organi-
zation is composed of Walter P. Sprunt,
Jr., Hugh H. Sprunt, and Frank Doggrell,
Jr.

During the summer of 1953 while the
original firm was operating as The Sprunt
Corporation the individual members of

Alexander Sprunt & Son, Inc., of Memphis,
together with associates, purchased the
entire stock of The Sprunt Corporation,
which included all the properties known
as The Ship Channel Compress Ware-
house, at Houston, Texas, and the Cham-
pion Compress Warehouse, at Wilmington,
N. C. No change in name has been made
by the new owners and the properties at
Wilmington and Houston are now being
actively operated by The Sprunt Corpora-
tion.

Present officers of The Sprunt Corpora-
tion (A Delaware Corporation) are Wal-
ter P. Sprunt, President, Walter P. Sprunt,
Jr., Executive Vice President, Frank Dog-
grell, Jr., Executive Vice President, Hugh
H. Sprunt, Secretary & Treasurer. With
additional officers at Wilmington, Charles
B. Bergen, Assistant Secretary & Treas-
urer, and Thomas F. Wood, Assistant Sec-
retary.

Portable Bag Units Added

The movement of fertilizer materials
which has made up a substantial part
of the traffic handled in the Port of Wil-
mington, and since last spring' through
Morehead City, is expected to increase
in both ports during- the coming- seasons.
New bagging units are being- installed
to facilitate the movement.

The SPA Morehead City terminal suc-
cessfully handled its first cargoes of bulk
fertilizer from Western Germany earlier
this year with Stevenson & Young- bring-
ing in conveyoi-s and other equipment to
handle the stevedoring of the movement.
The materials moved out by A&EC to
plants in Northeastern North Carolina.

Due in early December at Morehead
City from Houston is the S. S. Mae of the
Bull Line under charter to the Mathei-
son Chemical Corporation with 12,000
tons of bulk fertilizer materials, all of
which is to be bagged for distribution.
The new bagging units ordered by SPA
are portable types which can be moved
rapidly from one compartment to anoth-
er, and are expected to handle around
350 tons in an eight-hour period.

A small bagging' unit sufficient to
handle rebagging- operations has been

recommended for the state terminal at
Wilmington where shipments of synthetic
fertilizer from Europe are on schedule
and other shipments, including the new
Italian synthetics, are in prospect.

New Scale House

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The latest type of concrete and aluminum
scale house, located on the main rail line and
roadway within the SPA terminal area at Wil-
mington, has been completed by the Pyramid
Construction Company. Capable of handling
any port traffic, without time loss, the scale
has been servicing a movement of cotton seed
meal, sugar and other commodities. It was
designed by Robert & Company of Atlanta.

Short Run From Sailing Lanes Is Morehead City Feature

Port-

FROM MOREHEAD CITY

To PANAMA -

1542 NAUTICAL MILES
U.S. A.

Morehead City's geographical position on the Atlantic Coast is being emphasized by water-
front interests as a feature to attract business to the recently improved facilities of the port. Prin-
cipal docks of the harbor are less than four miles from the sea buoy, and the distance to the
coastal sailing lanes is among the shortest runs on the entire coast. Distances from Morehead
City to the ports of the world compare favorably.

CARTERET TOWING CO., Inc.

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

HARBOR AND

INTERCOASTAL

WATERWAY

TOWING

Rates on Request

P. O. BOX 185
PHONE 6-3292

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of Steamship Piers,
Railroad Trestles and Bridges and Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK. N. Y.

GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to abrasion. It is particularly
suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins, rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

S. S. Southport with Bagging from India

Part of a shipment of burlap from Calcutta being discharged from the British passenger-
freighter M. V. Silveroak for the Wertheimer Bag Company of Wilmington.

Movement of Burlap
Scheduled for Port

The S. S. Southport, the first freighter
to dock at the SPA Wilmington terminal,
(May 5, 1952) will return early in De-
cember with this season's second part
cargo of burlap for the Wertheimer Bag
Company, S. L. Marbury, the firm's gen-
eral manager, has announced.

Other shipments of burlap from Cal-
cutta, India, are scheduled by the com-
pany in January and February, and plans
for a regularly scheduled movement there-
after of bagging material are in the form-
ative stage, Asst. Mgr. W. G. Simpkins
said.

Wertheimer, established in Wilmington
in 1935, supplies bagging for fertilizer
plants, cottonseed oil mills, seed and feed
companies; bagging for peanuts, potatoes,
and burlap for North Carolina's furniture
industry. The company's trade ai - ea is
generally in the two Carolinas, Georgia
and Virginia.

Until recently, the supply of burlap was
limited to the point where minimum ton-
nages could not be guaranteed, and the
Wertheimer supply was discharged at
other ports except for occasional vessels

Captain C. D. Maffitt, dean of Wilmington
Steamship agents, and George Corke (right), of
the Isthmian Steamship Company's traffic de-
partment, call at the SPA's Wilmington termi-
nal to discuss a movement of burlap. The first
of a schedule of shipments is due early in
December aboard the S. S. Southport.

calling at the Port of Wilmington. Now,
the shippers and their agents hope the
movement of India burlap to North Caro-
lina ports can be sustained with other
commodities being added to the cargo of
ships from Asiatic and Mediterranean
ports.

Cruise Ship Stockholm to Call at Morehead

N. C. Medical Group
Books Ocean Liner
To Havana, Nassau

The Trans-Atlantic liner M. S. Stock-
holm of the Swedish-American Line, has
been definitely booked to sail next October
16 from the Port of Morehead City to in-
augurate what backers hope will be a reg-
ular passenger service from North Caro-
lina ports to the Caribbean.

J. D. Holt, SPA terminal manager at
Morehead City, and officials of the Allen
Travel Service, Inc., of New York, agents
for the cruises, say their ultimate aim is
six sailings a year by the Stockholm and
a second unnamed liner. With the Cham-
bers of Commerce of Kinston and More-
head City, as well as other civic groups

cooperating, tentative schedules have been
set for other October sailings. Other sail-
ings may be arranged for February and
March of 1954 if sufficient bookings are
obtained.

The October 16 cruise will accommodate
the sixth annual session of the North Caro-
lina Academy of General Practice and ap-
proximately 375 passengers are expected
for the six-day voyage to Havana and
Nassau. The Stockholm is the flag ship
of the line and was built in 1951. The 450
foot vessel has a capacity for more than
500 passengers, but the cruises from More-
head City will be limited to 375, it has
been announced.

H. H. Allen, president of the travel
agency, said that North Carolinians have
shown enthusiastic interest in the cruise
plans, and that a number of other organi-
zations have been contacted. The Stock-

Forwarders F.M.B. Reg. No. 609

W. O. SMITH & CO., INC.

Established 1865

"88 Years of Continuous

Satisfactory Service'"

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EXPORT

INTERNATIONAL

FORWARDING AGENTS

IMPORT

"The Complete Export Service"
NEW YORK 4. N. Y.— 35 Water St.

BALTIMORE 2. MD.— American Bldg.

NORFOLK 10, Va.— Citizens Bank Bldg.
NEW ORLEANS 12. LA.— Carondelet Bldg.

"MOREHEAD CITY'S PIONEER FORWARDER."

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During 1953 the Port of Morehead City
handled its first export tobacco, but the op-
eration moved smoothly last spring and now
the winter movement is on with expansion
plans in the air (Story page 22).

A movement of U. S. Army troops trained
in the use of atomic artillery and other
secret weapons embarked from the Port of
Wilmington last September and attracted in-
ternational attention. Subsequent movements
have been subject to closer security, and
the cover picture shows military personnel
moving from bus to transport with no inter-
views for the press. (Story page 10).

holm's itinerary provides for sightseeing
trips ashore at both Havana and Nassau
where the ship will remain overnight.

The cruises will originate from the Port
of Morehead City, the Stockholm sailing
from New York empty and picking up all
passengers from the North Carolina port.

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

Member

Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

THE SPRUNT CORPORATION

(Established 1866)

WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Owners and Operators

Champion Compress Warehouse Ship Channel Compress Warehouse

Wilmington, N. C. Houston, Texas

WAREHOUSING OF GENERAL COMMODITIES

Specializing in Storage of
COTTON, SUGAR AND TOBACCO

Wilmington Offices, Warehouses and Docks
Located at Foot of Walnut Street and Cape Fear River

Telephones: 5281, 5282

P. 0. Drawer: 960

UN Cargo Moves To India

The first United Nations shipment of
relief supplies — 2,800,000 pounds of
powdered milk — moved recently through
the port of Wilmington to Baghdad, In-
dia, as a part of the UN International
Children's Emergency Fund drive to aid
the undernourished of the Far East.

The shipment went aboard the M. V.
Silveroak which had brought burlap and
eight graduate Indi-
an student passeng-
ers to enroll in Am-
erican universities.

The powdered milk

was the first UN

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m I Carolina port. The

plus held by the Department of Agricul-
ture and was packed in cartons heavily
labeled as gifts from the USA. The move-

ment was directed by R. E. Branson, chief
of UNICEF's shipping section.

While the vessel was in port it was
visited by both white and Negro school
children. A few of the youngsters from
the Hallsboro School are shown (above)
with cartons of the powdered milk.

FUMIGATION TARIFF

Available at the N. C. State Ports Au-
thority Wilmington office is the newly
published tariff giving rates and services
of the new fumigation plant new ready
for full operation.

Three Vessels Take
On Cotton Seed Meal

Part cargoes of cotton seed meal, which
the shippers had purchased through the
Production and Marketing Administra-
tion of the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, moved recently over the SPA
docks at Wilmington for European ports.

The Italian freighter S. S. Spiga; the
S. S. Phillippe, L. D. of French registry,
and the Finnish freighter S. S. Naviga-
tor lifted the meal with the Wilmington
Shipping Company as agents for the ship-
pers.

The cotton seed meal moved into the
port via rail from points of surplus agri-
cultural commodity storage at the same
time similar shipments were being made
through other South Atlantic and Gulf
ports. Sources in touch with the move-
ment have advanced the probability that
additional tonnage of the surplus meal
will move through North Carolina ports
this winter.

CONCRETE
COMPANY

2814 Monroe St.

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

Shipment of Steel
From Europe Is Due

American Hardware & Equipment Com-
pany of Charlotte, N. C, are shippers of
a part-cargo of steel products from Eu-
ropean manufacturers due to reach the
Port of Wilmington early in December,
and the SPA terminal will again be used
as a point of distribution, according to
the firm's vice-president, R. L. Clemmer.

The widely known Charlotte concern
began using the new N. C. state docks
last spring when its president, L. D. Nuch-
ols, directed a shipment of barbed wire
from Belgium to the new marine facili-
ties on the Cape Fear. Enough wire to
fence in both North and South Carolina
were distributed through Wilmington aft-
er the Isbrandtsen freighter M. V. Mer-
wede discharged it with other steel cargo
here. (Photo at right).

The year-end shipment of nails will
very likely be the forerunner of an ex-
panded movement of foreign steel im-
ports which executives of American Hard-
ware now anticipate will begin early next
spring.

Jerry Schumacher

PHOTOGRAPHER

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Morehead City, N. C.

Phone 6-4730

Our Morehead City Office Offers...

Complete Banking Service

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Condensed Statement -

-September 30, 1953

RESOURCES

LIABILITIES

Cash in Vaults and Due from

Banks $41,165,347.91

Capital Stock $ 1,250,000.00

Surplus 7 500 000 00

U. S. Government

Securities $44,029,748.58

Obligations of Fed-
eral Agencies
& Other Mar-
ketable Securi-
ties 21,190,543.53

Undivided Profits 780,258.68

Reserve Account — Accrued &
Unearned Interest, Insur-
ance, Taxes & Other Re-
serves 7,662,984.71

State Bonds 10,802,088.07
Municipal Bonds 16,057,580.91

92,079,961.09

Accrued Interest 585,686.80

Loans and Discounts 79,135,573.06

Banking Houses, Furniture and

Equipment 1,594,945.97

Inter-Branch Clearings 2,298,909.62

DEPOSITS 195,069,361.82

$214,561,514.83

MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

North Carolina

Wilmington Shipping
Opens Office at SPA

A suite of four offices has been added
to the N. C. State Ports Authority ad-
ministration build-
ing' at Wilmington
to accomodate the
Wilmington Ship-
ping' Company, one
of the state's best
known steamship
agencies and water-
front operators.

Offices and ware-
houses operated by
the firm in the up-
per Wilmington har-
bor were destroyed Peter B. Ruffin
by fire last March, and temporary quar-
ters have been provided on the SPA docks
until the new office space could be con-
structed.

The company has for many years serv-
ed as agents for a number of steamship
lines serving- the North Carolina ports.

The Wilmington Shipping Company are
also stevedores, customs house brokers
and freight forwarders, and have been
agents for many of the vessels and ship-
pers which have utilized the state docks
here and at Morehead City during the
first year of SPA operations.

Officers of the firm include Peter B.
Ruffin, president; William P. Emerson,
vice-president; W. D. Williams, secretary,
and J. B. Wilson, treasurer. Other mem-
bers of the organization are W. H. Pierce
and L. H. Trulove.

Recently the company added new lift
trucks to its equipment which includes
forklifts, tractors and trailers used in
stevedoring and warehouse handling op-
erations.

USDA Visitors At Port

S. D. Whitfield, New York, area su-
pervisor, and R. W. Nicaise, Charleston,
plant quantatine inspector, Bureau of En-
tomology and Plant Quarantine, USDA,
were late November visitors to the Port
of Wilmington to look over the new fumi-
gation plant at the SPA terminal.

Atkinson Dredging Co,

Home Office
JACKSONVILLE. FLA.

Field Office

R. F. D. 3, Box 234

NORFOLK, VA.

D. D. ATKINSON. B. S. E.. president

Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Associate Member American Society Mechanical Engineers

Channel Dredging
Fill Dredging
Bulkheads
Wharf Construction

Editor Pays Brief Visit

E. Howard Bennett, editor of America's
Textile Reporter, paid a brief visit by air
to Wilmington recently, including the port
in a tour of other North Carolina points.
He predicted that a major part of the
woolen and worsted industry of New Eng-
land will eventually move south because
of lower taxes, better labor situations, and
the need for modern plants.

HEIDE BUILDS
(Continued from Page 11)

The company is prepared, its executive
said, to expand its facilities to meet fu-
ture demand for additional storage space
for bulk cargo, but that no general cargo
storage is contemplated. In past years the
movement of Chilean nitrate into the Port
of Wilmington has aggregated between
70,000 and 150,000 tons a year, and was
handled by the Wilmington Terminal
Warehouse Company and the Wilmington
Shipping Company before the disastrous
fire of last spring which destroyed five
up-river warehouses.

SPA HEAD
(Continued from Page 9)

commercial fertilizer companies. Vice-
Chairman Raymond A. Bryan, of Golds-
boro, President of T. A. Loving Construc-
tion Company, lends his wide experience
to the agency on its expansion plans and
major dock improvement projects.

Secretary-Treasurer W. Avery Thomp-
son, President of J. E. Thompson Lumber
Company, Hallsboro, is directing his ef-
forts to promote the export and import of
logs and lumber, as is Harold F. Coffey,
President of Kent-Coffey Manufacturing
Company, Lenoir, N. C. The latter is seek-
ing to interest other furniture manufac-
turers in the importation of veneers and
foreign lumber through Tarheel ports.

J. Harry White, retired tobacco com-
pany executive of Winston-Salem, has con-
centrated on the expansion of tobacco
movements through Morehead City and
Wilmington, and has personally solicited
his wide contacts in this field.

The sixth SPA member, Harvey W.
Moore of Charlotte, is President of the
Brown Manufacturing Company of Con-
cord, and the Roberta Manufacturing
Company, Cabarrus County.

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WILMINGTON, N. C.

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Goldsboro,
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MAJOR LEAF EXPORT MOVES
LOOM FOR MOREHEAD CITY

The German freighter S. S. Gloria,
which recently sailed from Morehead
City's SPA docks with a winter cargo of
Carolina tobacco for Western Europe, is
scheduled to return early in 1954 for the
New Year's first shipment of leaf for the
continent -- a year almost certain to
bring major developments to Morehead
City as a tobacco export center.

Another German vessel, the S. S. Ludolf
Oldendorff, initiated the movement of to-
bacco to Europe during the first spring
the expanded Morehead City ocean termi-
nal was in operation. Since that occasion,
land transportation, rail, and truck rates
on tobacco have been adjusted favorably
for the port, and plans to increase the
terminal's tobacco storage capacity are
well advanced.

W. 0. Smith & Company, of New York,
have pioneered the tobacco forwarding
through Morehead City, with its vice-pres-
ident, H. A. Byrne, personally supervis-
ing each shipment through the port. Co-
operating in the movement have been
many of North Carolina's best known to-
bacco exporting firms which are now ad-
vocating the construction of storage fa-
cilities to accommodate a minimum of 25,-
000 hogsheads with provisions for ex-
pansion. Some advise 50,000 storage.

A survey recently conducted by SPA
Traffic Manager E. E. Lee, Jr., and More-
head City SPA Terminal Manager J. D.
Holt revealed that an impressive number
of North Carolina's leaf exporters not
only endorse the plan for expanded stor-
age space but are ready to commit defi-
nite volumes of tobacco for shipside ware-
housing.

The North Carolina Ports Authority
has had under consideration for some time
the recommendation of its executive di-
rector, G. W. Gillette, for 400,000 sq. ft.
of additional commodity storage space
divided equally between the state marine
terminals at Morehead City and Wilming-
ton. The SPA board now has under con-
sideration plans for financing warehous-
ing for both ports.

E. L. Bickle. Imperial Tobacco Company ex-
ecutive, (left) and Mrs. Bickle are Port of Wil-
mington visitors during the winter tobacco
movement. With them on the SPA docks are
SPA Director Gillette and Peter B. Ruffin. of
the Wilmington Shipping Company.

Imperial Tobacco Co.
Increases Movement

Imperial Tobacco Company, Ltd., in-
creased its late 1953 movement of tobacco
through the Port of Wilmington three-
fold over the volume it had stored and
shipped through the port last spring, rec-
ords show, with five vessels loading from
2,100 to more than 5,000 hogsheads for
the company during the past year.

E. L. Bickle, rej^resentative of the com-
pany in the United States with headquar-
ters in Richmond, Va., was a recent visi-
tor at the new SPA terminals, and ex-
pressed satisfaction with the expeditious
manner in which the movement has been
handled. The Wilmington Shipping Com-
pany is Wilmington agent for the com-
pany.

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CAROLINA

We're rolling out
the Carpet!

That's just another way of
saying that we're doing some-
thing to make our communities
more attractive to you as pos-
sible plant sites. It means that
the people in our service area
want new industries and are of-
fering more than basic require-
ments.

Under our Finer Carolina
Program, more than 1400 proj-
ects have been completed, such
as swimming pools and libra-
ries — hospital additions and
Little League Baseball fields —
expanded municipal facilities
and family picnic areas. You
name it — they've done it,
when it comes to building a
finer community in which to
work, live and play. Such peo-
ple make highly productive em-
ployees — loyal, hardworking,
civic-minded. The kind you can
count on to put a PLUS FAC-
TOR in your profit equation.

For further information on
these Carolinians and Sites in
our service area, just write,
wire or phone our Area De-
velopment Dept. On your re-
quest, we'd be happy to send
you the FREE 24 page summary
of Carolinians at work in the
Finer Carolina Program.

Area Development Department

CAROLINA

POWER & LIGHT

COMPANY

Raleigh North Carolina

Little League Baseball Project

Community Swimming Pool

Clearing Family Picnic Area

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WORTH
CAROLINA

PORTS

Official Publication N. C. S. P. A.

January, 1954 — Vol. 1, No. 2

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Chairman Edwin Pate

Vice-Chairman Raymond A. Bryan

Secretary-Treasurer W. Avery Thompson

Member J. Harry White

Member Harvey W. Moore

Member Harold F. Coffey

Executive Director

COL. RICHARD S. MARR

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

H. V. Conly Asst. to Director

E. E. Lee, Jr. Traffic Manager

H. N. Larcombe Com'l. Rep.

Frank C. Adams Public Relations

WILMINGTON OFFICE

P. O. Box 1048 — Telephone 3-1622

Philip L. Sullivan Terminal Mgr.

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

P. O. Box 145 — Telephone 6-3159

J. D. Holt Terminal Mgr.

Camden P. Fessant Assistant

The Cover

A truck load of Tarheel tobacco oblig-
ingly parked on the approach to the brand
new fumigating plant at the SPA Wilming-
ton terminal to provide the inset picture. At
the top is a better view of the new plant.

The lower view is of the busy state docks
at the Port of Morehead City. A cargo of
new type fertilizer and nitrate of soda is
being discharged by the S. S. Mae.

FROM THE GULF

I have received the December issue of
your publication and I want to thank you
for having placed my name on the mail-
ing' list. If this is a fair sample of what
the publication will be in the future, then
certainly it is one in which the N. C. State
Ports Authority may take great pride.

Being a "Tarheel" myself (born in Mur-
phy), I have a great interest in news of
any kind from the Old North State and
I shall look forward with pleasure to con-
tinuing to receive your magazine.

Please accept my congratulations and
my best wishes for success.

Nicholas Pattern, Gen. Mgr.
Houston Port and
Traffic Bureait

ADVERTISERS NOTE

I'd like to take this occasion to send
along a few words of glowing praise on
"North Carolina Ports", December 1953
issue. The book certainly far exceeds any-
thing I was expecting as a first issue and
the editorial coverage is excellent, rang-
ing through broad policy aspects to op-
erations, cargo and facilities, and present-
ing a lively picture of action at the port,
which is of course the strongest thing an
external house organ of this kind can do.

I also note a surprising amount of firm
advertising support for the effort, betok-
ening a lively interest among the support-
ing services and accessorial facilities. This
is important to the overall impression
gained by the reader as shown in the pri-
vate business interests of the port strong-
ly behind the state effort.

Paul A. Amundsen,
Editor and Publisher
World Ports

NORTH CAROLINA PORTS especially
acknowledges with thanks the comments
and suggestions of Editor David A. How-
ard of the Port of Jacksonville's SEA-
FARER, and the most helpful and en-
couraging observations of Former SPA
Chairman A. G. Myers of Gastonia.

Madjo Island Gas Terminal
Expands Morehead Harbor

A new 18 acre high test avaition and jet fuel terminal of 600,000 bar-
rel capacity has begun operation, even before completion on Radio Island
within the Morehead City-Beaufort harbors area, and its annual thru-put
is expected to swell the port's petroleum movement by 3,600,000 barrels
a year.

The installation, which will accomodate
tank ships, barges, tank trucks, and rail-
road tank cars, forshadows the industrial
development of the Radio Island channel
sites abutting the highway and railroad
causeway connecting Morehead City and
Beaufort. The new terminal is directly
across deep water from the State Ports
Authority marine facilities where the Es-
so Standard Oil Company leases a wharf
and plant site for extensive operations.

Aviation Fuel Terminals, Inc., are own-
ers and developers of the property which
will be operated by the firm under a
lease agreement with the Armed Services
Petroleum Purchasing Agency, with the
present capacity of the plant earmarked
for the growing U. S. Marine Cherry
Point Air Base. T. A. Loving Construc-
tion Company of Goldsboro, N. C. are the
contractors and the 10 tanks to be in-
stalled, pipe lines, piers, truck and rail
loading platforms and the dock are due
for completion early in 1954.

The first tanker to dock at the new fa-
cility discharged its high octane cargo
just before Christmas after the completion
of the first two 80,000 barrel tanks. Still
under construction are two additional

The new $1,500,000 aviation fuel terminal
includes a dock, pipe line system, ten storage
tanks, loading facilities for tank cars and tank
trucks as well as a laboratory for testing jet
fuel and high octane gasoline.

tanks of 80,000 capacity; four of 55,-
000 and two of 30,000 barrel capacity.
The office building has been completed
and other facilities include a laboratory,
pump house, tool rooms and storage space.
T-2 type tankers will bring in the fuel
from Gulf and other refineries, it is an-
ticipated, and the company expects an
average of six "put throughs" a year to
bring the volume handled to around 3,-
600,000 barrels. The first tanker to dock
at the new terminal was the U. S. N. S.
Mission Capistrano.

The loading platforms will accomodate
four truck transports and four rail tank
cars simultaneously and the rail traffic
will move over the Beaufort-Morehead
City Railroad and the Atlantic and East

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Carolina Railroad to Cherry Point. The
Marine Air Base can also be reached by
barge on the Inland Waterway.

The new terminal will be operated by
Aviation Fuel Terminals personnel with
the U. S. Navy maintaining an inspection
officer at the plant. Officers of the firm
are R. E. Bryan, President; R. A. Bryan,
Vice-President; and C. B. McNairy, Sec-
retary-Treasurer. Post Office addresses
of the firm are Beaufort, N. C. and P. 0.
Box 989, Goldsboro, N. C. G. L. Bennett
is terminal manager.

40,000 Tons Nitrate
Expected In January

The S. S. Maria Parodi on January 1
arrived to discharge the first of a heavy
movement of bulk fertilizer to Heide &
Company's new $600,000 storage ware-
house which the firm took under lease
from the Seaboard Air Line Railroad on
completion New Year's Day.

W. S. R. Beane, company executive,
said that cargoes, aggregating at least
40,000 tons, will be discharged at the
new facility during January, and that
additional shipments are due before the
end of the season which ends in June. In
past years the movement of Chilean ni-
trate into the Port of Wilmington has
averaged from 80 to 110 thousand tons.
The handling of Chilean nitrate in Wil-
mington harbor was interrupted last
March when bulk handling space and
equipment was destroyed by a disastrous
waterfront fire.

Heide & Company will also bring in a
6,000 ton cargo of bagged calcium amoni-
um nitrate in January and will steve-
doi'e the shipment through the N. C. State
Ports Authority terminal at Wilmington.

The U. S. N. S. Mission Capistrano was the
first tanker to berth at the new aviation fuel
terminal. On hand to greet her were Terminal
Manager Bennett, J. D. Holt of the N. C. State
Ports Authority; Joe DuBois, Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce manager, and R. E.
Bryan, president of Aviation Fuel Terminal,
Inc. The new terminal expects to handle 3,-
600,000 barrels of jet fuel and high octane
aviation fuel this year.

Dredging Work For Both
N. C. Port Channels Due

Preliminary planning including surveys
for shoals and the restoration of ocean
bar channels is underway by the Wilming-
ton district office of the Corps of Engi-
neers and dredging work is expected to
get underway shortly in both the Cape
Fear River and the Morehead City area.

The ocean going dredge Gerig is due
in February from Savannah for work
at the Southport crossing on the Cape
Fear and deepening the bar channel to
authorized depth of 32 feet. The hopper
dredge Lyman is scheduled for work on
the bar channel at the entrance to More-
head City harbor also in February. The
channel is to be restored to a width of
400 feet and a depth of 30 feet.

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Trade Reviva

If the North Carolina ports succeed
in reviving their long-lapsed lumber im-
port trade it will be due entirely to the
long and unlagging efforts of a sizable
number of not easily discouraged inter-
ests who have cooperated to give the
movement an encouraging start.

For the first time since the beginning
of World War II a significant shipment
of lumber from the Pacific Coast is being
distributed from dockside storage on the
Cape Fear to a consuming area radiating
from Wilmington to points in North and
South Carolina. Aside from Greenhart
logs and timbers from South America,
it is the first foreign wood movement
handled by the North Carolina State
Ports.

The shippers are E. C. Sanders and Guy
Hughes, President and Vice-President of
the Tabor City (N. C.) Lumber Company,
and the part cargo of Canadian Douglas
fir and hemlock which the S. S. Conosa
discharged the week following Christmas,
is the first shipment of a water-bourne
movement of West Coast and foreign lum-
ber the company plans to establish as
part of its already extensive operations.

For more than a year, the Tabor City
executives worked to obtain shipping

The three pictures at left were sent from
Vancouver and show deck loading of the S. S.
Cnosa, the vessel at the wharf and J. B. Grin-
nell (left). United States department manager
for Seaboard Lumber Sales Co., Ltd., as he
entrusts a totem pole to Capt. Seretis for pas-
sage to Wilmington. Below is a construction
scene where two acres of new paved outdoor
storage space is being rushed in anticipation
of a revived lumber import trade.

ftth Pacific Coast Is Seen

space on intercoastal steamers; a supply
of lumber which would find a ready de-
mand in this market area, and to iron out
the problems attending the first test run
into the Port of Wilmington.

In their efforts the shippers had the
aid of SPA's staff which has long sought
to stimulate lumber imports. It had met,
however, with the same lack of success
in obtaining commitments from American
steamship lines, although a heavy demand
for California redwood, Philippine ma-
hogany and other Pacific lumber exists
in the territory served by the ports. Mil-
lions of feet of these types of lumber are
shipped by rail into the area annually
from the West Coast, from New Orleans
and ports to the north.

Canadian sources were found to be the
answer, and the Seaboard Lumber Sales
Company, Ltd., of Vancouver, B. C, with
Wilford & McKay, Inc., ship operators,
cooperated to bring a part cargo into
North Carolina to initiate the movement.

When the Cnosa docked rain lent a gloomy-
outlook to unloading operations, but the ship-
pers, SPA operating personnel and the Wil-
mington Shipping Company, stevedores, were
ready with the best available equipment, and
the discharge preceeded apace despite con-
tinuous wet weather. Principals involved ex-
pressed general satisfaction with the operation,
and Wilmington gave the ship a warm wel-
come.

Wilmington Shipping Company, were
agents for the vessel and stevedored the
shipment.

To support the program, the State Ports
Authority purchased special equipment in-
cluding straddle trucks, and paved two
additional acres of open storage to ac-
comodate the movement. Wet weather
prevented the completion of the new stor-
age area before the Cnosa's arrival, but
concrete aprons in the warehouse and
transit areas were successfully utilized.

In this group are from the left J. K. Sloat,
Seaboard Lumber Sales Company; G. A. Hoop-
er, vice-president, Wilford & McKay, Inc.; Guy
Hughes, vice-president, and E. C. Sanders,
president. Tabor City Lumber Co.; J. G. Thorn-
ton, president, Wilmington Savings & Trust Co.,
and Col. G. W. Gillette. In uniform is Capt.
N. S. Seretis.

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Test Run of Bulk Cargo

Puts SPA Through Paces

A test run of a full 11,000 ton cargo of bulk fertilizer material (see cover) origi-
nating on the Houston, Texas, ship channel and Lake Charles, La., in December saw
SPA's Morehead City terminal handle its first stevedoring operation to pilot similar
movements through the port in the future.

The Bull Line's freighter, S. S. Mae, brought in the first cargo of the Mathieson
Chemical Corporation's pellet type, complete fertilizer, from its Pasadena, Texas,
plant, and nitrate of soda from Lake Charles for distribution by barge, Atlantic and
East Carolina Railroad and truck to plants and agencies in the heavily consuming area
served by the port.

A heavy percentage of the material is being bagged for the shipper with new
portable equipment purchased by the State Ports Authority to initiate a more complete
service for bulk materials moving into its terminal. Part of the cargo may move to the
Standard Fertilizer plant at Williamston by inland waterway barge.

The S. S. Mae, designed somewhat on the order of Great Lakes ore vessels, has
five hatches and carries no ships tackle for unloading its cargo. J. D. Holt, SPA
terminal manager, leased mobile cranes and employed the terminal's hoppers, con-
veyors and payloaders to discharge the vessel. He and Cameron P. Fessant, assistant
manager, undertook the stevedoring with the International Longshoremen's Asso-
ciation at Morehead City furnishing the dock and warehouse labor. K. C. Winter,
maritime superintendent for Mathieson, supervised the operation for the shippers.

The discharge of the cargo of the Mae emphasized the need at Morehead City
for the latest type of bulk unloading equipment if the port is to develop its
full potentialities as a fertilizer distribution point. The state agency now has
under consideration the purchase of such
equipment, it was pointed out.

In the group at the left are E. E. Lee, Jr.,
SPA traiiic manager; C. P. Fessant, (center)
with Jack Holt at right. The latter donned work
clothes for a week to push the operation. The
man in the white coveralls is C. K. Winter,
of the Mathieson Chemical Corporation and
below are views of the transit shed operation
and in the ship's hold. Stevedoring of the bulk
cargo of the S. S. Mae was undertaken by
State Ports Authority personnel.

Major Dock Repairs Begun

A construction prog-ram designed to
put the old docks at SPA's Morehead City
terminal into top condition is getting un-
derway this month and may have an ul-
timate cost of $326,000.

A basic contract of $229,000 was ap-
proved by the State Ports Authority board
last Fall with an alternate provision to
extend the contract to include repairs to
slip No. 1 at a cost of an additional $97,-
000. Wannamaker & Wells, Orangeburg,
S. C, are the general contractors for the
project, and Henry von Oesen, of Wil-
mington, is the engineer.

All of the repairs will be concerned
with the old Ocean Terminal constructed
in 1936 by the Morehead City Port Com-
mission and taken over by SPA in 1950.
These wharves join the new steel, con-
crete docks of the new terminal construct-
ed at a cost of approximately $2,500,000
and completed in 1952.

Advance stages of corrosion of the steel
bulkhead above the mean low water line
and damage caused by ships through the
years have made the repairs necessary,
von Oesen said. Considerable fill has been
lost, and as a result there is a settlement
of the dock and the tracks. Describing the
extensive project the engineer said:

"Several methods of attempting to re-
pair the steel were studied, and it was
finally determined that a concrete cap
wall would provide the best and most

serviceable repair method considered.

"New construction will consist of the
concrete cap-wall, a series of new steel
piling and wales against the lower front
portion of the steel bulkhead to reinforce
it for deeper draughts in the slip."

CONCRETE
COMPANY

2814 Monroe St.

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

The Wilmington Savings & Trust Co.

Wilmington, North Carolina

''North Carolina's Port Bank"

Capital
$300,000

♦

Surplus
$1,000,000

MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

and

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

A Symbol of Service mid Progress Since 1888

New SPA Director Plans
All Out Drive For 1954

North Carolina's State Ports Authori-
ty, with Col. Richard S. Marr at the helm
as it's new administrative head, has set
its course on a new phase of operations
calculated to expand its area of business
soliction and ports developement this year.

Colonel Marr was unanimously elected
SPA excutive director at the close of
1953, and at the same meeting- the SPA
board, with the new director concurring,
indicated that an aggressive campaign
to attract new business and steamship
services will be the keynote for 1954.

Chairman Edwin Pate and Colonel Man-
told news and press association men that
an early decision to establish branch of-
fices in the East and mid-West to put
the Tarheel ports in a more favorable
competitive position with other Atlantic-
ports can be expected. SPA board mem-
bers also generally expressed the opinion
that available funds should be used with-
out delay to employ additional specialized
personnel to help implement a program
of stepped-up solicitation throughout the
territory served by the Ports of Wil-
mington and Morehead City.

In its determination to concentrate on
an intensive market development cam-
paign, SPA will be following a concept
frequently expressed by Gov. William B.
Umstead who has publicly urged more
concentration on ports promotion since
he took office a year ago.

Colonel Marr retired from the U. S.
Army in November and brings to the
SPA directorship a broad experience in
key administration positions both in this
country and abroad. His staff and com-
bat assignments have been largely con-
cerned in the fields of transportation, log-

Colonel Richard S. Marr

istics, public relations, personnel, con-
struction and purchasing together with
missions of a diplomatic nature.

The new director began his military
career in 1923 when he was commis-
sioned directly from the University of
Illinois where he was an honor student.
He has held the rank of full colonel since
1944, and his assignments of duty in re-
cent years have ranged from the great
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WILMINGTON.

NORTH CAROLINA

CP&L Plant to Afford Por

Next summer will see the Wilmington area reverse its power position
from one of importing its electric requirements to one not only of meeting
its own needs but of exporting a considerable surplus of electric energy.

The about-face will occur when Caro- =

line Power & Light Company begins op-
erating- the first 150,000-horsepower unit
of the generating plant it is building near
Wilmington. About a year later, a sec-
ond 150,000-horsepower unit will be add-
ed, multiplying still further the electricity
available for export.

First call upon this huge new source
of electric power, of course, will be the

consumers nearest at hand. Like recent
port developments, the area's power posi-
tion improves its opportunities for further
industrialization.

Construction of the CP&L plant on the
lower Cape Fear is a significant step
forward in the current story of progress
for the traditional old port city of Wil-
mington, once the largest city in North

GOLDSBORO

Surplus of Electric Energy

Carolina and the cultural center of the
State.

The Carolina Power & Light Company
extended its service territory to the coast,
including also the port of Morehead City,
on March 1, 1952, by the merger of the
former Tide Water Power Company into
its system. This added 5:5,000 electric
customers living in an area of 8,000
square miles.

CP&L immediately cut the rate charged
for electricity by over $800,000 a year
and instituted promotional rates to en-
courage the use of more power. Nine
months later, it broke ground for a new
plant.

Tide Water Power Company had serv-
ed principally as an electric distributor,
purchasing most of its power at whole-
sale from the Carolina Power & Light
Company. The new Wilmington power
plant will be capable of generating a third
more electric energy with its first unit
than the entire Tide Water territory now
uses, and completion of the second unit
in mid-1955 will double this supply of
electricity. The immediate Wilmington
area (including the beaches and Burgaw)

North Carolina's port cities enjoy abundant
electric power, as indicated by the high-volt-
age transmission lines on this map. At the
point indicated along the Cape Fear River
above Wilmington. Carolina Power & Light
Company is building a big generating plant
which will produce far in excess of local needs.
When it goes into operation this summer, these
lines will be exporting rather than importing
elorir'c energy.

FUN AREA AT CP&L SITE

consumes about .'55' /, of the electric en-
ergy required in the eastern division.

It is significant that one of the boilers
being installed at the plant is a product
of Babcock and Wilcox, which recently
established a plant at Wilmington and
has since announced that it plans to double
this plant's capacity.

Wilmington Grows

These are significant straws in the
wind that seems to be blowing more busi-
ness toward Wilmington. Reigel Caro-
lina Corporation has established a multi-
million-dollar plant at nearby Acme. Tim-
me Corporation has established a big new
textile plant just outside the city. The
State Ports Authority has spent $7,500,000
for improvement of Wilmington and More-
head City's port facilities, and the fed-
eral government is establishing a gigan-
tic shell-loading depot a few miles south
of the city.

"We are keeping faith with the people
who were instrumental in effecting a
merger of the Tide Water Power Com-
pany with Carolina Power & Light Com-
pany," commented Louis V. Sutton of Ra-
leigh, president of the latter company, on
the occasion of the ground-breaking. "It
is also an expression of our faith in the
future of this area."

Industrial growth in the area strongly
indicates now that this faith will be jus-
tified by increased demand for electric
energy from the big plant.

SPA Opens Warehouses

To Cooperative Tobacco

An initial movement of Flue Cured Cooperative Tobacco Corporation
leaf, which may expedite the expansion of state marine terminal at Wil-
mington, crammed SPA warehouse space in December and January to await
export and domestic assignment.

The storage commitment, limited by
SPA to 10,000 hogsheads, which would
run in value at between five and six mil-
lion dollars, is expected to bring a wel-
comed increase in terminal operating rev-
enues, and to supply a realistic basis
for back storage demand. Some of the
stored tobacco may also move through
the terminal's new fumigating plant be-
fore shipment overseas.

The contract with the Cooperative grew
out of discussions begun last Spring when
its general manager, L. T. Weeks, asked
the State Ports Authority Board to con-
sider expanding its storage facilities to
accomodate between 30 and 40 thousand
hogsheads. He held out the possibility the
volume offered for storage would run
appreciable beyond that figure if capacity
was available.

Caravans oi tobacco trucks from inland cen-
ters have been lining the approach roads to
SPA's main Wilmington warehouse as thous-
ands of hogsheads entered storage awaiting
export or redistribution. Here is one early
morning line up.

SPA now has under consideration a
general plan for building additional stor-
age at both Wilmington and Morehead
City, and a tentative figure of 400,000
square feet at each terminal has been
discussed. Business leaders and bankers
in the Wilmington area have indicated
they will support the financing of addi-
tional tobacco storage in their port, and
almost a score of tobacco exporting firms
have endorsed the plan for additional ex-
port tobacco storage at SPA's Morehead
City terminal or in that general area.

In this group are E. C. Dobson. SPA ware-
house superintendent (left), with M. Pope and
C. C. Scott of the Flue-Cured Tobacco Coopera-
tive Stabilization Corporation. The trio are
looking over the new state-owned fumigating
plant built to handle \ohnrro and imported
cotton, among other commodities.

New Tobacco Rates
Put Morehead City
In Favorable Light

The ambition of the Port of Morehead
City to develop into an important tobacco
export center has made headway with the
approval of more favorable rail rates from
many of the producing' points within the
tobacco territory.

Recent action by the Southern Freight
Association in approving proposals for ad-
justments of rates to the port results in
giving Morehead City rates for tobacco
equal to and, in some instances, lower
than rates to other Atlantic seaports.
Truck rates had previously been adjusted.

The history of the campaign for more
advantageous rates is contained in a sum-
mary by a spokesman for the Port of
Morehead City:

"In the Fall of 1952 the Atlantic & East
Carolina Railway submitted a proposal
to the Southern Freight Association for
the adjustment of rates on tobacco in
hogsheads from principal redrying points
to the Port of Morehead City for export.
At that time, the only rates on tobacco
into Morehead City were Exception Class
rates, much higher than rates into Hamp-
ton Roads Ports and Wilmington. The
Atlantic & East Carolina Railway pro-
posal was turned down. As a result, when
it appeared that a cargo would move
through the Poi't early in 1953, the ap-

plicable rates were very unfavorable.

"This condition did not deter the ex-
porters and the first cargo was moved to
the Port by the exporter's own trucks.
In March of 1953 the Common Carrier
Tobacco Truck Lines were approached
with the request to adjust the tobacco
rates from the main producing [joints
into Morehead City in line with rates
then in effect to Hampton Roads, Va.
and Wilmington, N. C. These truckers
believed in the future movements into
Morehead City and were prompt in filing
more favorable rates, which became ef-
fective in May 1953.

"The Atlantic & East Carolina Rail-
way submitted a further proposal to the
Southern Freight Association in the early
Fall of 1953 requesting tobacco rate ad-
justment to Morehead City. This time
there was sufficient evidence of traffic
being moved and to be moved, and effec-
tive in December, the rail rates from
many, but not all, producing points were
favorably adjusted to compete with pres-
ent truck tobacco freight rates to More-
head City as well as putting the Port in
a competitive position ratewise with
Hampton Roads Ports.

Better Bananas

A new $1,000,000 wharf to speed the
handling of bananas was placed in opera-
tion in the Port of New Orleans just
before Christmas by the United Fruit
Company. New type conveyor equipment
reduces damage in handling the fruit.

Wholesale

Retail

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SUPPLYING

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FANCY and STAPLE GROCERIES . . . FRUITS and VEGETABLES

HIGH GRADE MEATS and MEAT PRODUCTS

MILK - CREAM - ICE - FISH

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Phone 6-3115, 3116, 3117 — Morehead City, N. C.

Steel Imports Take Spotlight

New Fabricating Plant
Going Up In Port Area

Imports of foreign steel, which have
been spasmodic through North Carolina
ports for the past several years, took on
a new outlook with the January arrival
of the S. S. Dunrobin from Antwerp
with shipments of nails and wire products
for the accounts of two major foreign
steel importers.

In prospect now are steel product stock-
piling- enterprises which would insure a
continuity of shipments through the Port
of Wilmington for distribution throughout
the trade area.

To brighten the picture further, the
Coastal Steel & Iron Company, a new
concern, has under construction near Wil-
mington a sizable fabricating plant which
began operations this month. M. D. New-
ton, president, and W. P. Stamper, gen-
eral manager, say they expect to have
the plant in full operation by February,
and have already unloaded the first 100
tons of new stock.

The Woodward W. Williams Company
of Columbia, S. C, is establishing a new
steel distribution organization with head-
quarters at the Wilmington SPA terminal,
and began importing a sizable tonnage of
wire products from Luxembourg aboard
the S. S. Dunrobin. The shipper is the
Amerlux Steel Products Corporation, New
York, which the Williams company has
represented in this territory for the past
25 years. The new distributing organiza-
tion is the Steel Products Supply Co.

Hugh Griffin of Columbia, S. C, will

W. P. Stamper — M. D. Newton

W. Williams — Hugh Griilin

serve as the Wilmington manager of the
new firm, and the head of the company,
W. W. Williams, said that he anticipates
adding other steel product items to the
Wilmington inventory as marketing and
distribution factors permit. Mr. Williams
said the new company is applying to the
N. C. State Ports Authority for perma-
nent office space at its terminal on the
Cape Fear.

For the American Hardware & Equip-
ment Company of Charlotte, the Dunrobin
brought a part cargo of nails from
Western Europe. The shipper is Kurt
Orban of New York, importer of steel
products and machinery. Hugh McEach-
ern, who represents Kurt Orban in the
Carolina area, has expressed the hope
that the firm can arrange to stockpile
a variety of steel products for area dis-
tribution in 1954.

The foreign nails shipment is the
second the American Hardware and
Equipment Company has imported through
the state terminal since its completion. An
initial shipment of barbed wire was im-
ported from Belgium by the company last
Spring.

The Coastal Steel & Iron Company will
specialize in structural steel and tanks
at the new fabricating plant, Newton said.
Officials said that while a major portion
of their stock will come from domestic
steel sources, a quantity of foreign items
will be imported when available. The firm
also expects to use the Intracoastal Wa-
terway system for some of its distribu-
tion up and down the coast.

NEW SPA DIRECTOR

(Continued from Page Eleven)

army transportation areas of New York
and San Francisco to responsibilities of
supply, maintenance and transport in
Iran, West Germany. During- the war ye-
ars, Colonel Man 1 was chief of staff of
the Fourth Infantry Division assigned
to the European Theatre of Operations,
participating in the Normandy Invasion
and other major phases of action.

SPA's chairman said that Colonel
Marr's record was outstanding among al-
most a score of applicants considered by
the board, and that his demonstrated
ability to organize and administer many
phases of complex operations particularly
(nullifies him for his new post. Other SPA
members have stressed the new director's
record on utilization of personnel and
successful handling of vital land and wa-
ter transport operations as among- the
assets he brings to the ports agency.
Colonel Marr is a native of Chicago.

"Our goal is the fullest possible utili-
zation of the splendid marine facilities
with which the state has modernized and
improved its major seaports," Colonel
Marr said.

"To achieve this we must go after all
the water-borne traffic that can advant-
ageously use our harbors. Too, we must
continually seek to adapt our terminals
and their equipment to a wider accom-
modation of basic and diversified cargo.

The new executive director placed high
on the list of objectives the attraction of
regular steamship service into the Ports
of Morehead City and Wilmington; the
encouragement of importers to use the
state's terminals as distribution points for
South Atlantic and mid-West territory,
and the build-up of outbound cargoes to
support two way traffic.

"It is now our main task to create, and
to present to those in commerce, the com-
petitive advantages which are potentially
ours and which can induce business to
profitably use our harbors. The opportuni-
ty is here, and the rewards of port de-
velopment can be rich. I am certain that
if enough effort is expended effective
progress toward our goal will be evident
during every period of the future," Man-
said.

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WILMINGTON

Member

Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

T. A. LOVING

AND

COMPANY

GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Builders of SPA Terminal at
Morehead City

Goldsboro,
North Carolina

Peter B. Ruffin, President
W. D. Williams, Secretary

W. P. Emerson, Vice-President
J. P. Wilson, Treasurer

Wilmington Snipping Company

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Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

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Cable Address
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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Fumigating Is 1 1)54 Goal

As an added service to importers and
exporters of tobacco, cotton and other
commodities in line for fumigation, the
North Carolina State Ports Authority
completed in January its streamlined fum-
igating' plant, and among- other objectives
for 1954 will be the promotion of this
service with the textile and tobacco in-
dustries.

The new plant will undergo a series of
tests and a crew is being trained to op-
erate it at SPA's Wilmington terminal.
The plant (see cover) consists of two
vacuum type .loading chambers of 7,225
cubic feet each and a building housing
machinery and laboratory. The gas mix-
ing, control mechanisms and vacuum
pumps are of the latest type.

It is said to be one of the largest in the
South and is loaded by tractor-drawn
trailers which reduces handling- to the
minimum. The 77 foot chambers are of
special steel construction with approach
drives and ramps of concrete. The plant is

readily accesible to the docks and storage
area of the terminal and is directly adja-
cent to rail and truck loading facilities.

Robert and Company of Atlanta were
engineers on the project with Pyramid
Construction Company of Wilmington as
erectors. The cost of the new fumigating
plant was approximately $115,000.

Ship With Canadian
Potatoes Due In Jan.

The S. S. Robell discharged 10,000
bags of potatoes early this month when
it arrived from Prince Edward Island,
Canada. The receivers are the Charles
R. Allen Company of Charleston, S. C,
and the Wilmington Shipping Company
is agent.

The movement of potatoes to North
Carolina ports was active in the 19.30's
but fell away during and after the last

THE SPRUNT CORPORATION

(Established 1866)

WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Owners and Operators

Champion Compress Warehouse Ship Channel Compress Warehouse

Wilmington, N. C. Houston, Texas

WAREHOUSING OF GENERAL COMMODITIES

Specializing in Storage of
COTTON, SUGAR AND TOBACCO

Wilmington Offices, Warehouses and Docks
Located at Foot of Walnut Street and Cape Fear River

Telephones: 5281, 5282

P. O. Drawer : 900

Small Ports, Coastal
Area Survey Will Give
New Appraisal to N. C.

The survey of small North Carolina
harbors, inland ports and communities in
the state's coastal area, authorized by the
last legislature, is proceeding and prom-
ises to provide a new look at the needs
and potentialities of the territory by next
Fall.

The appraisal is under the direction and
supervision of the North Carolina De-
partment of Conservation and Develop-
ment and is being conducted by the New
York firm of Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall
and MacDonald. Col. L. F. Rhodes, retired
U. S. Army engineer, is directing the
survey which will take about eight months
to complete.

The survey was endorsed by the North
Carolina Marine Council which success-

fully urged the legislature to finance the
venture. Its purpose is to present a com-
prehensive study of all the facilities at
existing ports and on the coastal wa-
terways, and to recommend a program
for their expansion and development.
Special emphasis will be placed on an
appraisal of shipping facilities, warehous-
ing and other factors vital to water bourne
traffic.

The survey program has been expanded
to include agricultural, industrial and rec-
reational potentialities and needs of the
area which embraces 41 North Carolina
counties. The study will be coordinated
with the overall state industrial program,
Colonel Rhodes said.

Nearly two-thirds of government op-
erating subsidy payments made to Amer-
ican shipping lines over the last 14 years
have been paid back to Uncle Sam by the
companies.

Forwarders F.M.B. Reg. No. 609

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Italian Imports Planned

A cargo of what is described by the
shippers, the Ashcraft-Williamson Co., of
Atlanta and Norfolk, as new type of bag-
ged Italian calcium anonium nitrate, is
scheduled for the SPA docks at Wilming-
ton in February. Another shipment is
planned for April.

As a forerunner to the movement of
bagged Italian fertilizer materials, the
S. S. Enrico C. discharged a part cargo
of bulk sulphate of amonia from Italy at
Heide Warehouse Company dock in the
upper Wilmington harbor.

Robert E. Ashcraft, vice president of
the company, has been contacting ferti-
lizer plants and distributors throughout
the mid-Atlantic territory and reports that
the reaction to the free-flowing C. A. N.
has been highly favorable. He predicts
that a sustained demand in the heavy
consuming areas of North Carolina and
adjacent territory will mean continued
seasonal shipments through North Caro-
lina ports.

The Italian C. A. N. is bagged in Italy
and will be distributed under the trade
name "Anmical", Ashcraft said. During
the past 18 months of operation, the new
state terminal on the Cape Fear river has
gained solid experience in handling bag-
ged fertilizer materials with dispatch.

Robert E. Ashcraft, vice president of The
Ashcraft-Williamson Co., (right) is showing SPA
Commercial Representative H. L. Larcome a
sample of the new type Italian calcium amon-
ium nitrate which his firm will import through
the Port of Wilmington with the first of two
ships scheduled for February.

A new correspondence course, entitled
"Marine Safety (Deck)," is being offer-
ed by the U. S. Maritime Service Insti-
tute, according to Rear Admiral H. J.
Tiedemann, USMS, Chief, Office of Mari-
time Training.

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52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK. N. Y.

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GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to abrasion. It is particularly
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GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

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SOUTH ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN PORTS ASSOCIATION: Left lo right: Philip L. Sullivan,
third Vice-President, Wilmington, N. C; Salvador V. Caro, second Vice President, San Juan,
Puerto Rico; D. Leon Williams, retiring president So. Atlantic Ports Conference, Atlanta, Ga.:
W. H. McGowan, President, South Atlantic and Caribbean Ports Association, Savannah, Ga.; and
J. P. Qualey, First Vice President, Charleston, S. C. Insert, left. Jack Holt, SPA, Morehead City
Terminal Mgr.; right, E. E. Lee, Jr., SPA Traffic Manager. Both were named to board of directors.

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Established 1838

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CARTERET TOWING CO., Inc.

MOREHEAD CITY. NORTH CAROLINA

HARBOR AND

INTERCOASTAL

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TOWING

Rates on Request

P. O. BOX 185
PHONE 6-3292

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Atlantic and E. ina

Railroad Company

SERVING THE PORT OF MOREHEAD CITY

Big Enough To Do The Job . . . Yet Small Enough
To Take A Personal Interest In Each Shipper

X. C. S„ P. A. Terviiva\rP,ort of Morehead City

NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA

Worth Carolina Slate l.brarv Tekua^DlaicL

CAROLINA

The Wilmington Savings & Trust Co.

Wilmington, North Carolina

"North Carolina's Port Bank"

Capital Surplus

$300,000 * $1,000,000

MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

and

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

A Symbol of Service and Progress Since 1S88

SHIP

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CHANDLER

PROVISIONS. DECK.

ENGINEERS. & STEWARDS SUPPLIES

Columbian

Rope

— International

Paint & Socony-Vacuum

Oil

Co.,

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WILMINGTON.

NORTH CAROLINA

THE SPRUNT CORPORATION

(Established 1866)

WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA

Owners and Operators

Champion Compress Warehouse Ship Channel Compress Warehouse

Wilmington, N. C. Houston, Texas

WAREHOUSING OF GENERAL COMMODITIES

Specializing in Storage of
COTTON, SUGAR AND TOBACCO

Wilmington Offices, Warehouses and Docks
Located at Foot of Walnut Street and Cape Fear River

Telephones: 5281, 5282 P. 0. Drawer : 980

PETER B. RupPIN, President
W. I). Williams, Secretary

W. P. Emkrson, Vice-President
J. P. Wilson, Treasurer

Wilmington Snipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 270
Telephone 2-3381

Cable Address
WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

STONE TOWING LINE

MARINE RAILWAY

4 South Water Street • Telephone 4547

WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

George T. Adams To
To Assist Director
On Ports' Programs

George T. Adams

George T. Adams, until recently an ac-
count executive with a nationally known
public relations office in the East, has
joined the North Carolina State Ports
Authority as executive assistant to its
director, beginning his duties March 1.

In his public relations capacity, Adams
handled a number of promotional pro-
grams for million-dollar industries. Prior
to that connection he was civilian public
relations director for the commanding
general of the First Army. His principal
task was to promote better understand-
ing and closer relations between military
installations and civilian communities
within the First Army area which em-
braces approximately 30 percent of the
nation's population. In these programs he
worked closely with federal, state and
local authorities as well as private organ-
izations.

During World War II Adams was with
the United States Navy attached to the
amphibious forces. It has taken him very
little time to fix his sights on SPA pro-
motional objectives.

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WILMINGTON !

NORTH CAROLINA'S

Major Port District

and Gateway to . . .

WORLD TRADE

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Service.

Diversified Water Front ^
Activity

•fe Ample Sites on Deep Water

Efficient Private, Public Docks ■£■

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BUREAU OF RATES

INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

CITY OF WILMINGTON

P. O. BOX 604

WILMINGTON. N. C.

NORTH

CAROLINA

PORTS

Official Publication N. C. S. P. A.

Feb. March, 1954 — Vol. 1, No. 3

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Chairman Edwin Pale

Vice-Chairman Raymond A. Bryan

Secretary-Treasurer W. Avery Thompson

Member . . .. J. Harry While

Member . Harvey W. Moore

Member Harold F. Coffey

Executive Director

COL. RICHARD S. MARR

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

George T. Adams Asst. to Director
E. E. Lee, Jr. Traffic Manager

H. N. Larcombe Com'l. Agt.

WILMINGTON OFFICE

P. O. Box 1048 — Telephone 3-1622

Philip L. Sullivan Terminal Mgr.

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

P. O. Box 145 — Telephone 6-3159

J. D. Holt Terminal Mgr.

Walter H. Friederichs Assistant

oOei

The air view of the city of Wilmington
with one of its "gates" ajar, is the work of
Hugh Morton who doubles in nationally
known photography and the development of
Grandfather Mountain in the Smokies which
he. aptly enough, slogans "Carolina's Top
Scenic Attraction". The S. S. Gloria, which
put in at Morehead City a few months ago
for tobacco, is returning for more of the
same for Western Germany in April.

Veteran of 45 Years
On Cape Fear River
Retires from Agency

H. V. Conly

The resignation of its assistant director,
H. V. Conly, 77, has been reluctantly ac-
cepted by the North Carolina State Ports
Authority, and he will retire after serving
from the date of the agency's inception
six years ago.

Mr. Conly asked to be relieved Febru-
ary 1, but at the request of Executive
Director Richard S. Marr he will continue
on a part-time status until a replacement
can be brought in. Reasons of health, he
said, make his retirement advisable, "But
I'll still be active at something," he added.

That is not surprising since for the
past 45 years he has been playing an
active part in developing North Caro-
lina's navigable waters. For almost 40
years he served with the Wilmington Dis-
trict office of the Corps of Engineers,
leaving that station after having become
chief administrative officer.

After a brief retirement he joined
SPA's first director, Col. George W. Gil-
lette, with whom he had worked in the
district engineer's office. The two, plus

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Major Freight Forwarder
Sets Up Morehead Office

The first major shipping agency to establish permanent offices for
operations in the Port of Morehead City has been welcomed here by North
Carolina Port Authority and local leaders as another step in the develop-
ment of the harbor as a significant gateway to ocean commerce.

Officials of the newly formed Morehead

City Shipping Company called on SPA Di-
rector Richard S. Marr at the State-
owned marine terminal, J. D. Holt, its
manager and Mayor George W. Dill and
others to discuss its plans for a complete
ship agency, freight forwarding and
stevedoring service. The new company is
a branch of the long established Wil-
mington Shipping Company and Peter
B. Ruffin, President, made the announce-
ment and called on Colonel Marr here
today.

Colonel Marr said he hoped other firms
would follow the Morehead City Ship-
ping Company's lead. "We consider the
establishment of this company as a most
fortunate development for the port",
Colonel Marr said. "The State Ports Au-
thority is exerting every effort to in-
duce such firms, essential to a complete
port service, to move directly into our
port development program. This includes
freight forwarders, import-export firms,
shippers, distributors, steamship agencies
and transportation lines."

In announcing the establishment of the
new concern, Ruffin said that William
T. Davies will act as manager of the com-
pany's affairs and operations in More-
head City. Davies has recently moved
to Morehead City from Falls Church,
Virginia. He was formerly Assistant
Chief Accountant of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation in Washington, D. C.
Davies has owned a home in Morehead
City for some years, it was learned.

"We have been attending vessels of our
principals and carrying on stevedoring
operations in Morehead City for some
years," Ruffin stated. "With the increase
in shipping in the port and in view of
favorable prospects for increased activi-
ty in the future, we have felt it ad-
visable to establish our own organization

on the spot rather than continue to serve
the port from our Wilmington office.
In this way we expect to render more
efficient service to our principals, and
we hope to be a real asset to Morehead
City.

"We have confidence in the future of
the port and look forward to greater ac-
tivity here. We have always had the
friendliest sort of relations with all the
port and civic interests in Morehead City.
We appreciate the way they have coop-
erated with us in the past, and it is our
desire to cooperate fully with them and
to be part of the community.

"We consider ourselves fortunate in
obtaining the service of Mr. Davies as
our manager. In his former position with
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
he had the day to day responsibility for
the financial planning of the Govern-
ment's synthetic rubber program, its
domestic and foreign tin ore purchase and
smelting program, the abaca plantations
in Central America, and the lending re-
sponsibilities of the RFC. His thorough
familiarity with world commerce makes
him well suited for his duties in More-
head City at a time when the port is be-
coming more actively engaged in for-
eign trade," Ruffin stated.

The Wilmington Shipping Company is
one of the most active port agencies in
Wilmington and represents a large num-
ber of steamship companies, importers
and exporters. Offices are maintained at
the North Carolina State Docks. Other
officers are W. P. Emerson, Vice Presi-
dent, W. D. Williams, Secretary, and J. P.
Wilson, Treasurer. The Morehead City
Shipping Company, as a branch, will op-
erate under the general direction of the
offices of the company in Wilmington,
Ruffin said.

SPA Heads Hail McLean's
Cape Fear Sea-Land Depot

N. C. State Ports Authority officials have expressed keen satisfaction that the
agency will play a key role during its second full year of operation in the establish-
ment on the Cape Fear River a project which may well prove to be one of the most
important transportation developments the South has witnessed in many years — the
proposed McLean Trucking Company "Sea-Land" truck terminal to move Southern
freight by land and water to northern ports.
SPA Chairman Edwin Pate and Execu-

tive Director Richard S. Marr have an-
nounced that full cooperation will be
given to forward the plans for the $50,-
000,000 terminal (a full description of
which is given on the following pages).

The Tarheel port development officials
have stated that McLean will have a let-
ter of intent from SPA stating the agen-
cy's willingness to construct a $2,500,000
marine-truck terminal for the firm when
it goes before the Interstate Commerce
Commission to show that public conven-
ience and necessity would be profitably
and economically served by the enterprise.
SPA's position as stated in the letter is
conditioned upon approval of ICC and
upon the proposition that a satisfactory
lease can be worked out between the two
major parties.

Pate and Marr explained that funds
with which to construct the unique termi-
nal would probably be raised by the
agency through the issuance of revenue
bonds which would be secured by the

revenues derived from operation of the
new land-sea truck docks and facilities
and would not involve the remainder of
the state's $7,500,000 marine terminal
properties.

McLean officials said they could have
the new terminal in operation by the
end of 1955 if no unforseen obstacles
are encountered. Negotiations between
SPA and the McLean officials began late
last summer after Governor Umstead ap-
pointed new members to the agencys gov-
erning board. Tentative plans for the sig-
nificant project were kept closely under
wraps until two weeks ago.

The State Ports Authority also pressed
forward its long-formulated plans to pro-
vide additional storage and transit ware-
house facilities at its terminals at Wil-
mington and Morehead City. Pate and a
committee were authorized by the SPA
board to proceed with the first steps for
the construction of space to cost approxi-
mately $700,000.

The designer's drawing of the new stern-loading, twin-screw, turbine driven vessel below,
is slated for use in "Sea-Land" operation planned by McLean Trucking Co. of Winston-Salem,
N. C. Ships are 650 feet long, capable of 19 knots, will carry 200 loaded trailers under two
covered decks, and are scheduled to run between Providence. New York, and Wilmington, N. C.

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McLean Plans "Sea-Land"
Truck-Transport Service

The following,- detail of plans for the terminal facilities and ships which are en-
visioned for the proposed "Sea-Land" service • — which the McLean Trucking- Company
of Winston-Salem and the North Carolina State Ports Authority has announced they
intend to construct in the Port of Wilmington — was authorized when news of the
$50,000,000 enterprise was revealed by M. P. McLean, president of the transportation
firm. The account indicates that the plans are already well advanced for both land
and sea operations, and that the new terminal may be a reality by the end of 1955.
One of the

nation's "top ten" motor
freight systems, McLean Trucking Com-
pany expects its "Sea-Land" service to
be inaugurated sometime next year. The
first step in the new plan was completed
recently when McLean Trucking Company
acquired all the capital stock of S. C.
Loveland Company, Inc., steamship and
tug-and-barge water carrier serving all
points along the Atlantic coast. An ap-
plication has been filed with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission for approval
of this transaction, and for the merger
of the two companies. Construction of
four large trailer-transport ships will be-
gin when approval for the McLean-Love-
land merger is obtained from the Inter-
Laying the groundwork with a scale model,
the executives of the McLean Trucking Co.
find it easy to visualize the practical principals
of their proposed "Sea-Land" service. Left to
right, they are: J. K. McLean, George B. Kemp-
ton, and Malcom P. McLean.

state Commerce Commission. Preliminary
designs for these special ships are now
on the drawing boards at Bethlehem
Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division.

McLean "Sea-Land" service, the result
of more than a year of research and in-
vestigation, will benefit the shipping pub-
lic by providing- the economies of lower-
cost water transportation coupled with
the flexibility of modern door-to-door
motor freight service. Under the new
plan, the extensive McLean conventional
motor carrier land system will be co-
ordinated with the sailing schedules of
the new trailer-transport ships.

Initially, the new ships are scheduled
to call at one South Atlantic port, Wil-
mington, N. C, and two North Atlantic
ports, New York and Providence. More
ports-of-call will be added as the service
is expanded. Six round-trip sailings per
week will be made between the Southern
port and the two Northern ports. These
sailings have been co-ordinated with the
present movement of motor carrier traf-
fic between the two areas of the Atlantic
seaboard.

New dockside construction which will
be required includes adjustable loading
ramps, yard space for up to 1,000 trailers
and other conventional truck terminal
facilities.

The new ships for use in McLean
"Sea-Land" service will be 650 feet long
and have a speed of up to 20 knots. The
twin-screw, turbine-driven vessels are de-
signed to carry approximately 240 trailers.
In addition to available space on an open
top deck, each ship will have two en-
closed trailer decks, plus auxiliary space
in the hold. The open top deck and the
hold will be reached by ramps from the
two enclosed decks.

Designer's preliminary model of port facilities for new S50 million system of freight trans-
portation announced by M. P. McLean, president of McLean Trucking Co. Called "Sea-Land"
service, the proposed method will combine low cost water freight and flexible motor freight service.

Trailers at the docks will have direct
access to the two enclosed ship decks
through the stern. Land units will be
driven on and off the ships over variable-
height, double-deck ramps installed on the
shore. The two enclosed trailer decks may
be loaded and unloaded simultaneously.
The complete loading and unloading cycle
is expected to consume only four hours
per ship.

Announcement of plans to build four
large dry-cargo ships, each to cost in
excess of $5,500,000, is unprecedented in
recent years. A survey revealed that not
one dry-cargo ship has been built for a
private American account since 1948, and
that not a single order for a privately
owned ship of this type is on the books.

Construction of the trailer-transport
ships for the McLean "Sea-Land" service
is expected to be accomplished with pri-
vate capital. Nevertheless, the McLean
project will be a material contribution
to the nation's security requirements. It
was announced on January 31, 1954 that
the Military Sea Transportation Service
has requested funds to begin construc-
tion of a "roll-on roll-off" ship of a type

long sought by the Army. The McLean
"Sea-Land" ships are particularly suited
to military sea-transport requirements.
In addition, building these vessels will
help keep American shipyards in opera-
tion.

By helping to restore water service
which formerly existed on the East coast,
McLean "Sea-Land" service will fill an
important need for dry-freight water
transportation between points along the
Eastern seaboard. Considerable coastwise
service was never resumed after conven-
tional dry-cargo ships were taken from
this trade for use overseas during World
War II. Vessels operating in coastwise
service were reduced in number from 490
in 1938 to only 196 in 1948. Some of the
reasons this service has not been restored
include lack of suitable vessels, high cost
of cargo handling (including pilferage),
delay in ports, inefficient port facilities,
and lack of co-ordination with land car-
riers moving between ports and interior
points.

These difficulties will be overcome by
the new McLean "Sea-Land'* service. How

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A New Surge of Industrial
Growth Led by C&D Agency

All port cities of the nation reach hungrily back into the immensely productive in-
terior of the country for manufactured export goods and agricultural commodities, and
constantly seek to serve as the gateways through which the vast central area of the
U. S. receives its imported materials and supply. Nevertheless, the industrial and
agricultural output within the immediate port area, and certainly within its own state
limits is of most vital importance. The history of North Carolina's deep water outlets
to the sea illustrates the truth of this assertion more adequately. As cotton, timber
and naval stores exports declined, then vanished, Tarheel harbors became quiet.

It would seem logical that as North Carolina forged to range among the leading
industrial states, its ports should have also grown apace; but while substantial gains
have been made in export-import trade, the ports have not kept abreast of the remain-
der of the state.

Now, however, there is a sustained and determined effort being made by Gov.
William B. Umstead, the Department of Conservation & Development, the State
Ports Authority ,and the many communities of the state to tie industrial and agricul-
tural expansion with port development and utility. Almost 150 new industries have
been established in North Carolina since the drive started last year; 90 or more estab-
lished industries have expanded. Other such developments are on the way, the De-
partment of Conservation and Development recently reported to the governor. So
there seems to be a new surge of industrial growth in the area which the ports seek
first to serve. How this all came about is factually told for NORTH CAROLINA PORT
readers by Wade Lucas, C & D's public relations director.
By WADE LUCAS

Raleigh — When Governor William B.
Umstead was inaugurated in Raleigh on

January 8, 1953, he

made a statement ,,--'"

during the course of j
h i s inaugural ad- ' \

dress that set in mo-
tion some group
thinking which has
resulted in a rather
unique approach to
efforts being made
to bring more indus-
tries to North Caro-
lina.

In that address, Ben E. Douglas

Governor Umstead said in part: "If we
continue to improve the State services
now being rendered, it will be necessary
to have more tax dollars. In my opinion,
it is better to obtain new taxpayers than
to increase taxes on the taxpayers we
now have."

Conscious of the fact that no State in
the union furnishes a wider variety of
services to its citizens, and that they
would be unwilling to see such services

curtailed, the newly appointed members
of the North Carolina Board of Conser-
vation and Development lost no time at
their first meeting in adopting a sugges-
tion by Robert M. Hanes of Winston-
Salem, who shortly before had been nam-
ed chairman of the board's committee on
commerce and industry.

This suggestion was for a series of ten
Development Forums and they were plan-
ned in the hope of arousing people in the
various communities and enlisting their
support in the drive for a State-wide de-
velopment program designed to bring
more new industries to North Carolina.

Governor Umstead sparkplugged the
first of these, held at Zebulon for indus-
try-minded citizens of nine counties in
that section of the State. Around 700 per-
sons attended the initial forum to hear
Governor Umstead cite in unmistakable
terms the growing need for more taxpay-
ers for the State if present State services
are to be improved.

Grateful for such all-out assistance
from the Governor, who is also chairman

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Human Interest in Port

Crew members of the S.S. Irish Hazel who
last fall smuggled in Irish Sweepstake lottery
tickets worth an estimated $2. 000. 000. didn't
pause for photographs, but some other inter-
esting North Carolina port visitors do. The
world looked when Ft. Bragg atomic artillery-
men embarked for Europe (upper left); School
children found a rare opportunity to visit the
British Motor Ship Silver Oak and view the
Cape Fear thru radar steering equipment (Up-
per Right); Dock workers perked up when
three charming Norwegian girls came as crew
members aboard the M. S. Harpefjell (left). The
most colorful passengers we've had were eight
graduate students from India, guests of Ameri-
can universities. These are a few of the human
interest incidents which add zest to the opera-
tions of the N. C. State ports terminals.

Very little time ©lapses alter the vessel has docked before shell
buckets drop into the holds for last discharge/ dropping the material
into hoppers which feed the 36 v conveyor heU. ::

Here the belt moves the material along the dock and up the long
covered incline to : thje top of the warehouse. The outside distance is
approximately 700 fe^ : xxxxX x:x

The belt moves :the nitrate along 40 feet above the floor of the ware-
house and a tripper spills it into great cones just as high as the belt. The
tall man in the picture is W. Si B. Beane, president of Heide Warehouse
Company, and with him is Louis B. Finberg, vice president. Both are
wearing extremely -satisfied looks.

Port's

New Termii*
Nitrate

The Port of Wilmi:
of bulk cargo handling

Welcomed evidence
onstrated during Januai
of Chilean nitrate of
terminal located in Wilr
modern as any on the

The new terminal
Heide Warehouse Comp;
completed a $600,000 c<
docked.

Since March of 19551
destroyed the port's ml
been limited in this res)
to other ports in the inl
ties. But the picture 1
improvements.

Heide Warehouse C<
with two other firms wi
firm, established in 1863
associated concern, Heidt
freight forwarders and s
of years. They move all
including the State Docl

The new plant has a
feet with its conveyor
floor. Its two double bag
rail loading platforms hal

A payloader is busy hi
which it feeds into the ha
operation to insure a free f!|

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wmm

ulk Picture Brightens

rigs Chilean

>rt of Wilmington

stepped into a bigger league
s.

nproved status has been dem-
bruary when five full cargoes

been handled at a new bulk
upper harbor and described as
last.

54, on New Year's Day when
le Seaboard Air Line Railroad
1 project and the first vessel

re swept the upper harbor and
warehouses, Wilmington has
najor tonnages have been lost
use of lack of adequate facili-
ened. The pictures illustrate

lerates the new terminal along-
capacity of 00,000 tons. The
dies bulk materials daily. An
iny, Inc., operate as stevedores,
agents, and have for a number
cargo through other terminals

3f 33,000 tons, and is 100 x 400
m running 40 feet above the
i which are directly adjacent to
put capacity of (500 tons a day,

In Wilmington to see the operation of the new terminal were
German chemical executives whose plants turn out both bulk and
bagged fertilizer materials for this country. In this piciure. taken
as the group visited the SPA docks, are from the left. Dr. Christoph
Ochsenfarth. of Castro-Rauxel; John M. Wallach of H. J. Baker
& Bros.. New York; W. S. R. Beane, Heide & Co.; Jurgen Petersen,
of Ruhr-Stickstoff; Dir. Walther Steinle, of Wanne-Eickel, and
Philip L. Sullivan, SPA terminal manager.

or 24,000 bags. The new operations supplies many of the
14 fertilizer plants in the Wilmington area and others
throughout the territory served by the port.

In addition to the five ships which have been dis-
charged at the terminal, others are scheduled for the re-

g into one of the great piles of nitrate
I hopper for elevation for a screening
; bags.

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The bagging plant offers a spectacle of production line
precision as the bag is placed, filled and weighed, then
passed along for preparation for stitching after which it
falls on rollers to be conveyed to waiting box cars.

Morehead City Enters List
Of Southern Sugar Centers

Two solid years of effort by J. B. Kittrell & Company, Greenville, N. C. brokers
and distributors, has finally resulted in initiating the Port of Morehead City as a sugar
distribution center with the first cargo, discharged by the freighter M. S. Antwerpen
in February, to be followed with other shipments scheduled for March and April.

"We will handle approximately 300,000
bags of refined sugar through Morehead
City and the SPA terminal whenever ad-
ditional storage facilities are available,"
said J. B. Kittrell whose firm has been in
business with sugar and other commo-
dities since 1910. "It's a natural point for
Eastern North Carolina's supply."

The sugar reaching the port was im-
ported by M. Golodetz & Co., of New
York. The M. S. Antwerpen is of the
Buccaneer Line, Jacksonville, Fla. The
newly established Morehead City Shipping
Company were agents for the ship. The
firm also stevedored the cargo. On hand
to watch the unloading of the first ship-
ment was M. F. Cacace, head of Golodetz'
refined sugar department.

"We are glad to add sugar to the list
of commodities we are able to handle over
the State Docks," SPA Terminal Manager,
J. D. Holt, said. "Mr. Kittrell's efforts, in
which SPA has heartily cooperated, offer
another illustration of what North Caro- Trim motor vessels are the sugar carriers,

Una's own importing, exporting and dis- plying the lanes between Cuba and Morehead
tributors can do to help our ports grow City, recognized as "a natural point of Eastern
and prosper as they directly benefit a North Carolina supply".
widening circle within our economy.

. Bagged sugar, neatly stacked in tiers within

the hold will add up to approximately 300,000
Unloading is carried out with a minimum of bags that will come through Morehead City
effort, when wharves are uncluttered and spa- when additional storage facilities are available,
cious, and warehouse storage for the bagged
sugar immediately adjacent to dockside facili-
ties.

The storage and handling of refined sugar requires clean, fireproof storage where the bags
can be turned and "paddled" to prevent hardening.

In unloading and handling, palletized handling cuts costs and speeds discharge of cargo
and loading.

Bulk Picture Brightens

(Continued from Page 13)

mainder of the season. In previous years
from 80,000 to 110,000 tons of Chilean
nitrate of soda have been shipped through
the Port of Wilmington. In addition, heavy
tonnages of other fertilizer components
have traditionally been handled here, mak-
ing these commodities among the most
important on the list.

"From the holds of the vessel being
discharged at the terminal docks, the ma-
terial is removed with clam shell buckets
which dump into hoppers which feed a
36" Hewett-Robins belt that conveys it
from shipside through the top of the
warehouse through weather-protecting
tubing," W. S. R. Beane, President of
the company explains.

"Conveying the material down the cen-

ter of the building, 40 feet above the
floor, trippers can be used to dump it at
any point desired to build piles just as
high. Payloaders are used to work the
material to the bagging hoppers where
it is elevated to a screen where all lumps
are removed and it is funneled, free
flowing, into bags and conveyed into cars
a few feet away," he said.

At present the new building is used
by Chilean Nitrate, and with its steel,
concrete and asbestos construction is con-
sidered completely fireproof. Its two
months of operation have already demon-
strated an impressive savings in labor
costs and has cut down considerably the
time a vessel must remain at the dock.

The Heide terminal is the first major
replacement of the five warehouses de-
stroyed by the March 9, fire.

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"Serving Ships Since 1919"

C & D CAMPAIGN

(Continued from Page 10)

of the State Board of Conservation and
Development, and the board members, Ben
E. Douglas, who himself had recently left
a growing business in his home city of
Charlotte at Covernor Umstead's request
to become director of the State Depart-
ment of Conservation and Development,
and his aides immediately stepped up their
efforts to bring more industrial payrolls
into North Carolina.

Many Are Helping

Lt. Cov. Luther H. Hodges, a recognized
industrialist in his own right, is giving
yeoman service to the C&D campaign to
attract new industries and thus help bring
about a better balance between agricul-
ture and industry in North Carolina. State
Treasurer, Edwin M. Gill, and other public
and private citizens are also giving whole-
hearted backing to the campaign that Gov-
ernor Umstead and his C&D aides are
pushing so vigorously throughout the
State. They are responding eagerly and
readily to invitations to help in the in-
dustry-seeking drive .

Never before has such a campaign been
waged in North Carolina to attract new
industries and with them new industrial
payrolls. And there are strong indications
that the campaign is bringing some of
the desired results. Desired results ap-
parently being obtained on an increasing-
scale are noted in efforts being made by
local groups and individuals over the State
to bring more industrial payrolls to their
respective communities.

The need for more industrial payrolls
to help bring about a better balance be-
tween agriculture and industry was fur-
ther magnified recently when a Federal
Governmental agency came out with a
statement that North Carolina had slip-
ped to 45th in the list of states in per
capita income. This rather disturbing an-
nouncement served to bring even stronger
efforts on the part of those planning for
more industries to do something to correct
this blot upon the Tar Heel State's record.

Hundreds of new plants have come into

North Carolina since the drive began
shortly after World War II, to industrial-
ize the Tar Heel State more and morn

In the Development Forum discussions
it has also been pointed out by numerous
speakers that the State's deep-water ports
at Wilmington and Morehead City are
potentially powerful factors in the over-
all development of North Carolina and the
bringing in of new industries that will
serve to raise living standards of many of
the State's citizens. Plans are now shaping
up for further development of the State's
smaller ports and waterways. These small
ports and waterways loom large in the
development program.

Out-of-State industrialists, who have
accepted invitations to appear on the pro-
grams of the Development Forums and
tell why they decided to locate plants in
North Carolina and what industry expects
of a community before it will locate a
plant, have brought new hope and en-
couragement to those pushing the cam-
paign for more industrial payrolls for
North Carolina.

One of the most significant statements
made by a number of these out-of-State
industrialists is their praise of the North
Carolina workers they employ. Quantity
and quality of the work of these Tar Heel
workers, men and women, and their will-
ingness and quickness to learn their
jobs well in the diversified industries lo-
cating in the State have been pleasing to
these out-of-State people who have in-
vested millions of their dollars in North
Carolina. And they are not a bit hesitant
in saying so during the forum discussions
and elsewhere, too.

The fact that North Carolina has long
stood at the ton in the South in industrial
leadership, that it leads the Southeast in
plant investment and equipment, that in
1952 the value of goods manufactured in
the State by almost one-half million work-
ers was put at $6,426,000,000, but that the
Tar Heel State still ranks comparatively
low in per capita income are obviously
serving to make the industry-planners
more determined than ever before to do
much more in the future than has been
done in the past to bring about what Gov-
ernor Umstead envisions as a "Cleaner,
Greener, Finer North Carolina", and a
more abundant life for all its people.

McLEAN "SEA-LAND" SERVICE

(Continued from Page 9)

this will be accomplished is best describ-
ed by comparing- conventional coastwise
vessels with the new trailer-transport
ships to be used in the McLean system.

The average conventional coastwise ves-
sel holds about 5,000 tons (about one
trainload) and has five hatches. McLean
"Sea-Land" vessels will hold about 3,500
tons of net payload cargo. A 5,000 ton,
five-hatch ship must be loaded and un-
loaded through the hatches in sling loads.
Complete loading and unloading by this
conventional method consumes about 60
hours — two and one-half days. Complete
loading and unloading of a McLean "Sea-
Land" vessel will take only about four
hours. This tremendous saving of time-
in-port alone is an important factor in
maintaining a low-cost water service.

Dockside facilities in the new operation
will be used only by the McLean "Sea-
Land" service. The "Sea-Land" port fa-
cilities will be strategically located for
easy access to arterial highways serving
interior points. In this way, much of the
savings in water transportation service
will be made available to producing and
consuming points hundreds of miles from
the coast.

While similar in some ways to other
operations such as those transporting
loaded rail cars over water, or even to
the "piggy-back" development in which
loaded trailers are forwarded overland
on flat cars, McLean "Sea-Land" service
is considered more practical and much
more flexible. Successful applications of
the same principle are found in the op-
erations which transport loaded rail cars
between Edgewater, N. J., and Gulf and
South Atlantic ports, and between West
Palm Beach, Fla., and Cuba.

The McLean co-ordinated system is de-
signed to be of particular value to the
motor carrier industry, as well as to the
shippers who use it. The interchange be-
tween motor carriers generally of trail-
ers for "Sea-Land" routing will be en-
couraged by McLean Trucking Company.
This policy will extend the benefits of

lower-cost, co-ordinated sea and land
service to all shippers and localities along
the Eastern seaboard. It will help to re-
duce motor carrier operating costs, and
to preserve present competitive relation-
ships.

McLean Trucking Company was found-
ed by M. P. McLean in 1934. The com-
pany today is the largest motor freight
Class I Common Carrier headquartered
in the South, with 2,200 employees, 1,-
800 pieces of equipment, and 37 termi-
nals from Atlanta to Boston. Highway
operations are presently conducted in the
District of Columbia and the states of
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Mary-
land, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina and Vir-
ginia. Terminals and offices are located
in principal cities, including the ports
of Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, S. C,
New York, Philadelphia, Providence and
Wilmington, N. C.

McLean Trucking Company had total
assets as of December 31, 1953 of $11,-
614,894.66. The new "Sea-Land" operation
will require acquisition of additional op-
erating property and working capital,
which will increase the total assets of the
company by approximately $50,000,000.

McLean Trucking Company will con-
tinue its conventional over-the-road motor
freight operations. The "Sea-Land" serv-
ice will be in addition to, and co-ordinated
with, the present land operation. Conven-
tional water carrier operations performed
by S. C. Loveland Company, Inc. will be
continued. In addition, other phases of
co-ordinated motor-water service will be
investigated and developed to the extent
found practical. It is expected that all
employees of the Loveland Company, in-
cluding its manager, will accept employ-
ment with McLean Trucking Company,
Water Carrier Division, upon consumma-
tion of the acquisition and merger.

Upon consummation of the merger, Mc-
Lean Trucking Company will offer East-
ern seaboard shippers the completely in-
tegrated and co-ordinated facilities of a
modern motor freight carrier, a conven-
tional coastwise shipping service, and a
combination of the two in its new "Sea-
Land" service.

MOREHEAD CITY
PILOT'S ASS'N.

State and Federal
Licensed Pilots

DEPENDABLE
EFFICIENT

PHONE 6-3292
P. O. BOX 185

MOREHEAD CITY
NORTH CAROLINA

JOINS SPA

(Continued from Page 4)

"Promotion of Tarheel ports is our ma-
jor target," Adams said. "We have unique
services to offer, and we are out to sell
them wherever they can be used.

"The improvements the state and oth-
ers have in recent years brought about
in North Carolina's deep water port i
have made them into increasingly import-
ant sea gateways," Adams said. "Their
greater facility for service is not limited
to North Carolina but extends to other
territories to the West, South and North,
which the ports can serve. Adequate sea-
ports are of deepest concern and are im-
portant to the entire world of trade am
commerce."

"It is therefore a major objective of
the State Ports Authority to acquaint
North Carolina, America and the world
of trade with the facilities which are be-
ing- developed to enable a more profitable
flow of commerce to and from world mar-
kets. We intend to show all concerned the
advantages our harbors now offer in the
way of economic export and import."

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

TELEPHONE 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

William T. Davis

Manager

Peter B. Ruffin W. P. Emerson W. D. Williams J. P. Wilson

President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder Registration No, 376

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

Member

Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

CONLY RETIRES

T. A. LOVING

AND

COMPANY

GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Builders of SPA Terminal at
Morehead City

Goldsboro,
North Carolina

(Continued from Page 5)

one secretary, constituted the staff dur-
ing the years the $7,500,000 ports bond
issue was promoted throughout the state
and passed by the legislature, and then
through the long time during which the
state's marine terminals were under con-
struction at Wilmington and Morehead
City.

"I am very sorry Mr. Conly is leaving
us," Colonel Marr said. "He is a fine
gentleman, and we will certainly miss his
service.

Before Mr. Conly came to Wilmington
in 1909 he was a newspaperman in his
native Philadelphia, and his writing abili-
ty was not lost through the years. He
wrote a history of traffic on the Cape
Fear River in 1930 for the Wilmington
Morning Star; a treatise on North Caro-
lina ports for a London journal in 1951,
and has carefully chronicled the progress
of the State Ports Authority. In 1952,
when the Wilmington terminal was being
dedicated. Mr. Conly made the following
prediction at that time:

"While I have seen the Noi'th Carolina
coast in many stages of its development,"
Conly said as dedication day for the new
state ports facility approached, "I be-
lieve the establishment of deep water
terminals by the State here and at More-
head City will prove the most significant
single step we have taken to benefit the
whole economy of the state. There is
scarcely an industry or activity which
will not eventually benefit from lower
freight rates for a wide range of com-
modities, and every section of the terri-
tory these ports will serve will feel the
beneficial effects before much time has
past.

"I am thoroughly convinced" the assist-
ant director declared," that having at
Wilmington the most modern terminals
the Atlantic Coast can boast will prove
an attraction to ocean commerce which
will benefit every other shipping facility
in the Port of Wilmington."

1953 Harbor Activities
Show Upward Trend

Wilmington Harbor commerce activities
for 195.'3, indicate a definite trend up-
ward despite a cargo increase of only
20,000 tons over the preceding- year.

Traffic of all types for the year end-
ing' December 31 totaled 4,095,635 tons
as compared with 4,075,17:3 tons for 1952.

These statistics, released by the Wil-
mington District of the Corps of Engi-
neers, are preliminary and do not be-
come official until published in the Corps'
annual report.

Of total tonnage handled, petroleum
products accounted for better than half
with 2,878,336 tons. Some 2,590,244 tons
of petroleum represent coastwise ship-
ments originating- at Louisiana and Tex-
as ports.

Various elements of fertilizer amount-
ed to 259,909 tons. Other totals are:
pulpwood 509,793 tons, 210,537 tons pa-
per, (through shipment) and 50,204 tons
of sugar.

Relative to foreign traffic, imports
amounted to 198,792 tons and exports
25,801 tons; the latter including 12,480
tons of tobacco, 11,730 tons of cotton

seed meal and 1,541 tons of dried milk.

During the 12-month period, a total of
342 vessels of all types were recorded;
205 steamships, 30 motor ships, 29 tugs
and 18 barges.

Traffic activities comprising the report
embrace all commerce handling at Wil-
mington, Southport and intermediate
points.

Southport, for instance, grossed a take
of 21,002 tons of menhaden fish, the
products of which, direct and by-product,
are almost limitless.

The seafood catch, major portion of
which is centered about Southport, was
only 809 tons, including shrimp and edible
fish. This figure falls considerably below
normal expected production.

Shrimping interests reported that the
past season was the "poorest in 20 years."
Normally, Southport enjoys prosperous
shrimp takes from July until late fall.
In fact, Southport is recognized as the
leading shrimp producing section of the
State.

Water-borne commerce statistics are
assembled and compiled monthly by the
Washington, N. C, sub-office of the Wil-
mington District. This office is responsi-
ble for collecting- and recording informa-
tion of this nature for all of North Caro-
lina.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK. N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of Steamsh'p Piers,
Railroad Trestles and Bridges and Heavv Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to abrasion. It is particularly

suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins, rubbing posts, etc.

H. B. LUDLUM & SONS

COMPLETE LINE:

SALVAGE AND NEW BUILDING MATERIALS
SHIP DUNNAGE AND CRATING

TELEPHONE 3-2634

Carolina Beach Road & Raleigh Street
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

PUSHES MOREHEAD

L. B. Jenkins of Kinston, is one of the leading
Tarheel tobacco exporters who are pushing
Morehead City as a leai export center. He is
president of the L. B. Jenkins Tobacco Company.

CONCRETE
COMPANY

2814 Monroe St.

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

HYMAN

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BRANCHES:

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TEL. 5294

WILMINGTON.

WILMINGTON IRON WORKS, Inc.

Established 1838

MANUFACTURERS, JOBBERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS

ENGINEERS — FOUNDERS — MACHINISTS
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MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

Norlh Carolina
Telephone 6-4151

HEIDE & CO., Inc.

LICENSED CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND

Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Samplers — Sworn Weighers

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WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 223

CABLE ADDRESS "HEIDE" WILMINGTON - CAROLINA
Tel. 35161

POSTMASTER: " not delivered in 10 days, re-
turn to Box 1048, State Ports Authority,
Wilmington, N. C. Return Postage Guaranteed.

RALEIGH, N.C.

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L. & R.

U. S. Postage

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SERVING THE PORT OF MOREHEAD CITY

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PETER B. RUFFIN, President
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Wilmington Shipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
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Offices At

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P. O. Box 270
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C. S. P. A.

November, 1954

Volume 1, No. 4

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

EDWIN PATE

Chairman

RAYMOND A. BRYAN
V ice-Chairman

W. AVERY THOMPSON

Secretary-Treasurer

J. HARRY WHITE
Member

HARVEY W. MOORE

Member

HAROLD F. COFFEY
Member

Executive Director
COL. RICHARD S. MARR

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

GEORGE T. ADAMS

Asst. to Director

E. E. LEE, JR.

Traffic Manager

WILMINGTON OFFICE

P. O. Box 1619— Telephone 3-1622

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

Terminal Manager

(contents

The Economy of Home Ports 2

King Cotton Returns to Wilmington _ 3

Tobacco Gateways to the World 4

Bon Voyage 6

Tar Heel Native Assists in Promotion of North Carolina

Ports in South America —-7

What Others Say 8

State Port Activities 10

Visitors to State Ports 12

Four Part Harmony 14

State Ports Can Be Educational Too 15

Maritime Commerce Benefits All States 17

Port Facilities, Wilmington -18

Port Facilities, Morehead City 19

Rail Rates - 20

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

P. O. Box 14 5— Telephone 6-3159

J. D. HOLT

Terminal Manager

WALTER H. FRIEDERICHS
Assistant

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing 618

New York 6, N. Y.

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS
Commercial Agent

COVER

The trim freighter S/S ST/ Tf SURVEYOR shown on the
cover was photographed at four minutes after she ./ocL./ at
Wilmington State Port to unload the first cargo of imported
cotton into Surth Carolina through the *>/,;/, Ports. I he
STEEL SURVEYOR ;s one of the man} ships o\ the Isthmian
Steamship Company that raw calls to the port.

ike O

conomxi o

During the past few months many Tar Heel busi-
ness men who deal in imported and exported goods,
made statements to the effect that it was good economy
not only for themselves but for the state as a whole,
to do their shipping through North Carolina's State
Ports.

Recently, one of the State's leading lumber dealers
remarked, "Because of efficient handling and unload-
ing of my imported mahogany from the Philippines at
the North Carolina State Port, I realize not only a
saving to myself but also to the furniture industry and
all those connected with us in using our stock."

In addition to such specific things as savings, the
people of North Carolina directly benefit whenever a
ship enters a State Port for taking on or discharging
goods. Cargoes coming into North Carolina are handl-
ed by local people and then, for shipment into the
state, the railroads and truck lines are put to use. This
means that engineers, brakemen, truck drivers, helpers,
the use of freight cars, locomotives and trucks, the
fuels required to operate these pieces of equipment all
have been employed beyond their usual scope.

Some months ago a dealer in hardware began to im-
port through the State Ports and because of the lower
costs in price resulting from efficient handling, no loss
of time and the shorter distances to his consumers, this
importer was able to sell his commodity at a price that
was below his nearest competitor. This saving was
passed on to hardware dealers, contractors and builders,
carpenters and the man who works around the house.

The other day, a representative of the C & G Trad-
ing Corp., which handles huge cargoes of burlap and
webbing, said "The two main reasons I bring my goods
through the State Port are that I have saved my com-
pany time and money and that this saving can be pass-
ed along to our customers."

More and more Tar Heel industries are being made
aware that shipping through home ports is good busi-
ness; not only that, they are being made aware of the
fact that the services provided by the State Ports do not
only benefit the industry but directly and indirectly
benefit the people as a whole.

Everyone in North Carolina, in a sense, is really an
ambassador of good will for the State Ports Authority,
for they are the peoples' ports and whatever develops at
the State Ports level for increased activity eventually
benefits the people.

I Home Potts

During the -printing of this booklet, the
State Ports Authority learned with sadness
of the passing of a dear friend and long
time supporter of the ports of North Caro-
lina.

Mr. L. B. Jenkins, of the L. B. Jenkins
Tobacco Co., of Kinston, xvas always ready
to assist in the promotion of ports. Just a
few days ago he gave of his time and self
to express his strong feelings toward the
State Ports in the enclosed story, "Tobacco
Gateways to the World."

To his wife and family, the State Ports
Authority and staff extend their deepest
sympathies — and as a tribute to his spirit
and determination — this November edition
of the State Ports Publication is dedicated
to his never to be forgotten loyalty to the
State Ports, the State of North Carolina
and the Nation.

The North Carolina State Terminal at Morehead
City is only 3-and-a-half miles from the sea buoy.

When ships dock at the North Carolina State Ports,
Wilmington and Morehead City, upon request they
can have inland telephone service installed in a mat-
ter of minutes.

The New York Marine News stated that, "every
completed port, such as the State Ports of North Caro-
lina, is an added national asset."

The harbor and channel improvements, such as the
North Carolina State Ports have, helped to make
America great and strong.

RETURNS^TO
WILMINGTON

Not too many North Carolinians are around today
who can remember when Wilmington, North Carolina
was one of the leading cotton shipping centers of the
world. However, there are many who today say: "Wil-
mington is on its way to becoming a leading imported
cotton receiving center for the South."

These remarks came about recently when the first
cargoes of imported cotton arrived at the North Caro-
lina State Docks at Wilmington.

These cargoes of cotton from Egypt were the first
ever to be received at the State Docks — and more is
expected, to supply the needs of North Carolina tex-
tile manufacturers.

The State Ports are moving progressively along with
the Old North State — so that they can provide the
services to fulfill the needs of textile manufacturers of
North Carolina, which today leads the nation in the
textile industry.

Leading textile manufacturers of North Carolina,
along with brokers and buyers of cotton, were very
helpful in cooperating with the State Ports Authority in
obtaining the cotton shipments.

In order to provide the best services in handling
imported cotton, the State Ports Authority constructed
a fumigation plant, which is considered by experts to
be the most modern on the East Coast. This plant,
which is an addition to the other modern port facilities
at Wilmington, has two chambers of 7,225 cubic feet
each and is equipped for either HCN or Methyl Bro-
mide treatment. Each chamber is 76'9" long, 9'6"
wide and 10' high, with a capacity of 160 bales of
cotton or 56 hogsheads of tobacco. Tractor-drawn

trailers cut down handling to a minimum and expedite
the movements in loading and unloading the chambers.
As a chamber is unloaded by this system, it is immedi-
ately reloaded by another train of loaded trailers, thus
insuring speed of handling and flexibility of move-
ment.

In an official announcement to the cotton trade, the
Isthmian Steamship Company in part advised that "As
a service to the cotton industry we are offering in ad-
dition to our regular scheduled service from Alex-
andria, Egypt a direct call at Wilmington, North Caro-
lina." Wilmington is the first port of call that this com-
pany makes upon the arrival of ships from Egypt and
India.

In view of what is happening, the State Ports Au-
thoritv looks to the future with complete confidence,
that increased imported cotton shipments into Wilming-
ton will result from the cooperative work of organiza-
tions and individuals who have been making everv ef-
fort to increase the use of North Carolina's ports in the
cotton trade. The importers of the first cotton cargo
have been high in their praise of the service given
them, concerning the shipment, sampling, weighing,
fumigation and shipping.

The proximity of the State Docks at Wilmington to
the textile distributing ami manufacturing centers in
North Carolina and bordering interior states is of par-
ticular importance. This is especially important today

( londnued on Page 16)

Tobacco Gateways TO THE WORLD

Many thousands of hogsheads of tobacco pass
through North Carolina State Ports.

The export of tobacco — one of the major factors
in the economic stability of North Carolina's agricul-
tural industry — is on the increase through North
Carolina State Ports.

In the past few weeks, during the annual market-
ing season, more than 25,000 hogsheads of leaf were
shipped to foreign customer nations — from Wilming-
ton. At present and for the next months, additional
cargoes will leave from the Morehead City State Ocean
Terminal.

The exporting of tobacco from America began long
before the pilgrims stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock.
Even since colonial days, it has been a major item
among our exports and as it was then is still now.

From throughout North Carolina, during the past
weeks, the golden leaf arrived by rail and truck trans-
ports to the State Docks, then unloaded into the modern
transit sheds, constructed of concrete, steel and mason-
ry with sprinkler and deluge systems. Loading into and
out of sheds, the hogsheads are handled on a mech-
anized basis with heavy lift trucks that are used for
fast transfer from freight cars, trucks to sheds and
shipside, and stacking.

The transit sheds are adjacent to ship-loading areas,
which makes for prompt and labor saving handlings,
that results in cost-savings.

There are other economies to North Carolina's tobac-
co industry resulting from shipping through North
Carolina State Ports: one in particular is the short
distances to the ports from their redrying plants.

One of the leading tobacco men in North Carolina,
L. B. Jenkins, says: "By having tobacco shipped from
the redrying plants in my area of business, a great deal
of time and money is saved, because of the shorter
distance to the Morehead City terminal as compared
to the ports north of Morehead City. This short haul
permits trucks to make, in many cases, two hauls per
day, whereas a truckload going to the next northern
port usually requires a day and a half. You can readily
see that not only time and money are saved, but that
speed is a factor which also results in using the State
Ocean Terminal at Morehead City.

"These benefits are only a portion of benefits that
directly and indirectly affect many people in North
Carolina, and other industries, because of my use of
the State Port. As an example, truck lines hauling our
tobacco to the State Port increase their employment us-
age. When we speak of trucks we think of truck driv-
ers, the helpers, the warehousemen and others who are
put to work because of that truck load of tobacco be-
ing loaded or unloaded. This cycle continues, for the
more trucks that are used, the more fuel is consumed.
This affects the petroleum and gasoline distributors of
our state, as well as results in additional tax revenue
for the State of North Carolina.

"When tobacco is being shipped by rail freight, there
again additional work is being provided the railroads,
which means engineers, brakemen and equipment. The
loading and unloading of these freight cars and the
loading of tobacco aboard ships also utilizes stevedores
and dock workers. These people are all native to North
Carolina, and all that results from the shipment of to-
bacco from the North Carolina tobacco areas to the
North Carolina State Ports, means that increases have
been made to the economy of these people and to the
economy to our state. If even that increase was a small
one, it does help increase the standard of living and
helps bring more prosperity to many areas.

"I could go on explaining additional benefits that
result by my shipping tobacco through State Ports, such
as the various charges that the ship must make when
she enters our ports — harbor fees, custom duties, food,
laundry service, water, the use of taxi-cabs and other
commodities that small businesses sell — that result in
additional revenue to those businesses.

"At the present time the rail rates from Wilson,
Rocky Mount, Farmville, Greenville, and Kinston to
Morehead are less than they are to ports north of us.
I have been assured by the traffic manager of the At-
lantic & East Carolina Railway that the rates from
the producing points will be the same to Morehead
as to Wilmington, and that the rate from Kinston to
Morehead City will be considerably lower than the rate
to Wilmington, that, of course, will be an additional
saving in transportation.

"In summing up all I have said, it means that ship-
ping tobacco through North Carolina not only benefits
tobacco companies in time and money saved, but also
indirectly benefits the people involved and the state as
a whole: and what applies to tobacco also applies to
other cargoes. The above facts that I have mentioned
are my actual experiences, which I have witnessed
through my own shipments.

"I would like all to know that myself and manv
other tobacco men of this state are doing all we can to
increase our export shipments of tobacco through the
State Ports of North Carolina."

The careful handling of tobacco is another factor to
be considered in the services provided b\ the State-
Ports. Such services usuallv result in comments such as
the following: "The last shipment of tobacco that I
had shipped and delivered arrived in the best condition
and with the least damage of any lot ever discharged in
Bremen, Germany." This was told to the Operation
Manager at the Morehead Citv State Ocean Terminal,
by J. W. Fahl, who is associated with the consignee and
owner of the Motor Ship GLORIA, of Bremen, Ger-
many.

North Carolina leads the nation in the growth of
flue-cured tobacco and in the manufacture of tobacco
products, so it is only natural for tobacco to be im-
portant in the export trade for the State Ports of North
Carolina.

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NORTH CAROLINA'S NEWEST INDUSTRY

The ocean travel business has come to North Caro-
lina. Thousands of people swarmed to the Morehead
City State Ocean Terminal on Sunday, October 1 7th,
to watch the M. S. Stockholm sail with 400 passengers
aboard for a vacation cruise to Nassau and Cuba.

The glamorous and luxurious Stockholm, dazzling
in the bright sunlight, sailed on the first of a series of
cruises from Morehead City. Three additional cruises
are scheduled to sail during the months of October
and November.

Flags were flying high, the Morehead City High
School Band played sharp military music, the docks
were crowded with friends and families staging a
grand celebration.

Most of the 400 passengers were Tar Heels, and
many were members of the North Carolina Academy of
General Practice, which held its annual meeting
aboard the vessel. Also, among the passengers were
people who came from 1 5 other states including Iowa,
South Dakota, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
New York, Ohio, Delaware, Alabama, Georgia, New
Jersey, Illinois, and others.

State Ports Authority officials were pleased with the
smoothness of operations, and agree with travel ex-
perts that vacation cruises from this port will become a
new commodity for North Carolina.

These predictions have been made because of the
proximity of North Carolina Ports to the Bahamas
and Cuba, and thousands of people in North Carolina

and the bordering interior states find the North Caro-
lina coast easily reached by car, train, plane or bus,
and are cognizant of the fact that parking is not a
problem — cars are parked within walking distance of
shipside.

The Stockholm, with the sleek lines of a yacht, is
525 feet long and can cruise at a speed of 19 knots,
and has a crew of 300.

All supplies and provisions for the sailing were pur-
chased in North Carolina. During the trip about four
tons of food will be consumed daily.

The vessel itself requires 45 tons of fuel oil and a
half ton of lubricating oil every twenty-four hours.

The many attractions, both historical and quaint,
along the eastern coast of North Carolina are within
short driving distances of the sailing area; all of this,
plus the year round ideal climate of the coast, does
forecast the coming of a bright future.

Dr. John R. Bender of Winston-Salem, Secretary-
Treasurer of the Academy, who represented Governor
William B. Umstead at the pre-sailing ceremonies,
said, "This cruise is an ambitious undertaking: it is
more than just a convention of doctors or a meeting, it
will demonstrate the advantages of North Carolina as
a port of embarkation for trans-Atlantic passenger
liners."

The new vacation project of the State Ports had the
City of Morehead preparing for it for some time and
they are convinced that ocean cruises from their city is
a new industry for the State of North Carolina.

lah. Heel Tlatioe ClssisU in Promotion ok Hath (^alolina
(>tate Pats in ^ycutk ClmeUca

Phifer P. Rothman, formerly of Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, now a director of the Central Cultural,
Brasil-Estados Unidos (The Cultural Center of the
United States of Brazil), with offices in Santos,
Brazil, has been very helpful to the North Carolina
State Ports.

Rothman has been in close correspondence with
the State Ports Authority over a period of months, and
through his office in Santos has projected the facili-
ties and services of the North Carolina State Ports.
During the past few months he circulated an exhibi-
tion of photographs of the facilities of the State Ports
throughout the country of Brazil. Ibis exhibit is being
currently shown at the Sindicate Portuario de Santos
(Port Syndicate of Santos). In line with this endeavor,
he also had published in many of the newspapers
throughout Brazil stories of the North Carolina State
Ports and their facilities and services. All of the
material forwarded to Rothman also assisted the Com-
panhia Docas de Santos, which is in complete charge

of all port facilities in Santos, in studying the modern
port facilities of North Carolina for the purpose of
determining the methods and equipment that might
be utilized there.

Their use of the information about the North Caro-
lina State Ports is also being helpful to the State Ports,
because the officials, who made the study, are the
men who have constant contact with local shipping
firms, and, therefore, are likely to comment to the
shippers about the modern facilities of the ports in
North Carolina.

The St.ite Ports Authority salutes its native son,
and, .is a thank-you gesture for all that he is doing, is
granting a request made by Rothman. He will, in the
next few days, receive a handful of good North Caro
Una soil from the Chapel Hill area, which will be
enclosed in a sealed plastic container. He shall always
have some of the Tar Heel earth close to him. even
though he is main thousands of miles .iw.n from
home.

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City of W*b ' »-j j hc a *&*?& services and
"Sailing «""'' ... s provided ™ e " } Carolina
ports and P°« C ™ $ given by the North

P ° r S ' Awards Echanc
yrMONTE I3IM

"This /inw bin'/t its j'/ant at the Morehead City
Terminal in 1949 and since then the plant has
been in continuous operation, and the growth of
our business has necessitated additions from time
to time in order to take care of the ever-increas-
ing demands of our customers." Just last week
this company announced an additional increase
of facilities, to the amount of 125,000,000 gal-
lons capacity of additional tanks for storage of
asphalt. This meant construction workers were
employed and the plant staff will be increased
as the new facilities are put into operation. This
company also said, "The low transportation costs
associated with tanker deliveries, together with
the streamlined Port and production facilities
which our company has at its Morehead City
plant arc major contributing factors in keeping
North Carolina's road paving costs at a minimum."
Trumbull Asphalt Co.
Morehead City, N. C.

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vessel and its ^°' ^sluices comes from out-
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up the river.

Wm. Bcane, Pres.

Heide Shipping Co. N< c .

Wilmington and Moreneaa

"It is our intention to route all future ship-
ments to the Carolina-Virginia territory through
Wilmington whenever space is available to your
Port, because our past experience was that the
handling was not only superior, but resulted in a
worthwhile saving in delivery time, as well as a
reduction in cost for our customers and ourselves.

"The Carolina-Virginia territory is one of our
most important markets, and with thoughtful co-
operation we look forward to a steady and sub-
stantial tonnage movement through Wilmington
for many years to come."
E. N. Beard
Beard Lumber Co.
Greensboro, N. C.

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"T/ic very life of the burlap business with us
is dependent upon bringing in our burlap from
India and Europe direct to the Port of Wilmington
instead of to Norfolk, Charleston and Savannah,
as we have had to do many times in the past, for
it not only results in more employment and a bet-
ter payroll for this community but also enables us
to pass along to users in the Carolinas a saving in
the purchase price of their bags and burlap."
S. L. Marbury
Werthiemer Bag Co.
Wilmington, N. C. ,

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BERMUDAN IS PLEASED
WITH SPA FACILITIES

A young Bermudan came to Wilmington to
see if he could get some folks to go to Bermuda.

John G. Young, official representative of the
governor of Bermuda, was in Wilmington re-
cently as part of a tour to boost tourist travel to
his native land.

Young, who visited the State Ports Authority,
travel agencies, and business and civic leaders,
said he would like to see more Bermuda-bound
cruise boats leaving from North Carolina ports.

He planned to visit Raleigh to invite Gov. Wil-
liam Umstead to visit Bermuda.

While in Raleigh, Young hoped to confer with
the State Board of Conservation and Develop-
ment. He is a member of the Bermuda Trade De-
velopment Board.

In the first trips to this part of the United
States, Young commented: "I was greatly im-
pressed by Wilmington and the new facilities of
the SPA here."

LT. GOVERNOR
LUTHER H. HODGES

Lt. Governor Luther H. Hodges
spent a morning touring the fa-
cilities of the Wilmington State
Docks with Director, Colonel
Richard S. Marr.

The purpose of his visit was to
get first-hand information about
the ports' operation and some of
the needs for additional equip-
ment and facilities.

JUAN MIRANDA
Cuban Consul
from
Winston-Salem

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

JUAN MIRANDA

E. E. LEE, JR.

Juan Miranda, Cuban Consul from Winston-Salem, toured the State Ports
Authority Docks a few days ago, to develop commercial relations between State
Ports Authority and Cuba. He said he was much impressed with the State Ports
Authority facilities and added, "I'll be back many more times.'' He is pictured with
Philip L. Sullivan, Operations Manager and E. E. Lee, Jr., Traffic Manager.

HANNS RODE, ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO THE

ATLANTA CONSULATE OF THE FEDERAL

REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

Hanns Rode made a one-day stop in Wilmington
while on a business tour of the state.

The West German representative made this visit in
an effort to arrange trade between North Carolina and
his country. The Atlanta Consulate represents West
Germany and West Berlin.

The State Ports Authority assisted Rode in advising
all business firms and individuals presently engaged
in trade with West Germany or interested in starting
trade to contact him through the State Ports Authority.

Rode said last year the United States purchased
about $300 million of goods from West Germany and
he feels this amount could be greatly expanded.

Following a tour of the modern State Ports, Rode
was a speaker at a luncheon meeting arranged by Ma-
yor E. L. White, so that Rode could meet with the
city's economic advisory committee, business repre-
sentatives, bankers and others.

Upon leaving, Rode said, "I look to the day soon
when we can make more use of your modern and very
impressive-looking State Ports facilities."

DR. W. BRUECKMANN, GERMAN CONSUL,

CONSULATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC

OF GERMANY, ATLANTA

Dr. Brueckmann visited the State Ports for the pur-
pose of gathering all possible information on shipping
facilities for this country, with an eye to increasing
shipping between the Par Heel State and Germain.

llis statement upon leaving was, "My government is
\er\ much interested in your facilities, ami lor your
plans lor the near Future. It was indeed very kind of
you lo show me the modern and beautiful installation
of the North Carolina State Port at Wilmington. It

was a most interesting experience."

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Shortly before the Carolina Power & Light Company
dedicated its newest and largest steam generator plant
on October 21st, near Wilmington, North Carolina,
they printed and distributed a pamphlet entitled "Four-
Part Harmony."

This pamphlet pointed out to the industries of the
United States that are potentially planning to locate
in this area, and also to the many industries that may
be induced to locate in this area, the many factors
that produce profits for industries.

These factors are each a part of a Four-Part Har-
mony, one of which is Labor, and in this area, it was
pointed out, there is a veritable manpower pool of
skilled and unskilled workers. People who are home
and farm owners in small communities and the sur-
rounding country areas. These people possess a high
degree of native intelligence and dexterity which make
for efficient training. They are also happy people.

The second part of this harmonious blending is
Materials. There are ample reserves for most industries
and this has accounted for the steady expansion of
manufacturing and processing in North Carolina, an
area that holds the national top ranking in the manu-
facture of textiles and textile products, tobacco and
tobacco products. It also ranks high nationally as a
producer of wood pulp, furniture, lumber, paper,
bricks and tile and its timberlands are plentiful in re-
serve.

Location is another factor that makes for industrial
harmony. North Carolina, with its Mountain, Pied-
mont and Coastal areas, offers a wide variety of in-
dustrial sites as well as a variety of climates.

The fourth and final part of this quartet is the
Markets: fast freight facilities can serve better than
60% of the domestic markets within 72 hours; more
than 1,000 motor transport operators, of which 48 are
Class One, are ready to serve over the road; the service
of 1 5 airports; the bus lines; and the added services of
the railroads, all make for fast pathways to marketing
areas.

Also included in this four-part harmony that makes
for industrial profits are the shipping points on the in-
land waterways, plus the two modern deep water ports
of North Carolina, located at Wilmington and More-
head City. Their geographical location and the trans-
portation facilities they offer are important factors to
those industries that import and export finished pro-
ducts or raw materials throughout the world. The
Ports of North Carolina are gateways to all the mar-
kets of the world that can be reached by water. In
addition to that, the low cost of water transportation
shows that it is still one of the most economical forms
of transportation known.

The North Carolina State Ports are proud to be a
part of this Four-Part Harmony, an action that dem-
onstrates to industries why, through these basic re-
quirements, margins of profit can be widened and
because of a blending of these basic requirements
there is a development for efficient production and
maximum sales. The North Carolina State Ports Au-
thority salutes the endeavors of the Carolina Power
& Light Company and sings the praises of its slogan,
"Nothing could be finer than a site in Carolina" by
adding also "Nothing could be finer than to ship
through North Carolina Ports."

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Many hundreds of school students from the grade
schools through colleges have often left the Ports of
North Carolina starry-eyed and amazed with what
they have seen. During the past few months, many
students visited both ports to see the modern docks,
ships from many lands and the various cargoes
arriving and leaving for all parts of the world. The
students come for many reasons. Some just come to
see, others come to connect shipping with some of
their courses and studies that they are undertaking in
their respective schools.

During patriotic holidays, when the State Ports
are honored with a visit by a Navy vessel or two, stu-
dents are usually invited aboard as guests. This invi-
tation means a complete tour of a warship. They are
guided throughout the entire ship, which till that
time was a mystery. This tour usually ends up in the
galley or bakc-shop, where cookies, cakes and other
pastries are served. On this tour, you can see children
climbing up and down ladders, being guided from one
deck to another, learning about guns and the mysteries
of radar and other complicated mechanisms that con-
trol the ship wbile sailing; or, as one ten-year old said,
"It's how they drive the ship."

One of the stops aboard a Naval vessel is usually in
the Map Room, where students arc taken on imaginary
cruises to all parts of the world from the hot tropical
countries to the Arctic Zones.

In most cases, students are under the supervision
of teachers and instructors who have made previous
arrangements for these visits and it is a policy of the
State Ports Authority to encourage these visits by chil-
dren throughout the State of North Carolina.

In many cases, where the time permits, the students
are also taken for a tour of the docks. Thcv look into
warehouses where cargoes arc stored for export, then
they pass through transit sheds where they sec various
commodities such as cotton from Egypt, burlap from
India, hardware from Germany and Belgium, lumber
from Honduras and the Philippines, woodpulp going
to Argentina, dried milk going to children of the Unit-
ed Nations throughout the world and at times the]
see a cargo of monkeys arriving from India. At the
close of one of these tours, an instructor stated. "My
children received many lessons in education. They
learned about other countries; they learned of the
geography of other parts of the world; they learned
some history and backgrounds of other countries; thcv
learned the economics of shipping through North
Carolina ports. They also learned some of the business
of importing and exporting and that the North Caro-
lina ports are big business for their state. But most of
all they are learning that, here within the ports' areas,
is an actual demonstration of the growth and progress
of their state."

JCino Cotton Ketulns to Wum'mcton

when merchants and manufacturers are carefully con-
sidering all elements of cost in competitive situations
that present themselves.

North Carolina manufacturers are best served
through the gateways of Wilmington and Morehead
City. Not only when they ship manufactured articles
to all world ports, but in addition by receiving their
imported raw materials via North Carolina ports,
their costs are kept at a minimum.

While the natural advantages of the ports are suf-
ficient to warrant this optimism, great effort is being
made to add to the attractions of the ports to shippers
and receivers of all classes of cargo.

Two distinct lines of endeavor are being undertaken;
first, improved and additional facilities, in addition to
the modern facilities now available, and second, more
attractive rates and lower costs.

(Continued from Page 3)

Shippers and receivers of textiles and raw cotton are
being made cognizant of the advantages that accrue to
them by direct, rail connections and on-the-site truck
transport facilities.

The Ports of North Carolina offer modern docks,
transit sheds, warehousing, deep harbor channels and
efficient handling.

North Carolina's nearness to ports on the West
Coast, Europe, South America and the Mediterranean,
as compared with other Atlantic ports, means less time
in transit, an important factor for shippers.

These features, coupled with a driving desire on the
part of all those serving the ports to render the best
of service, presage a bright future for the Port of Wil-
mington, North Carolina in the imported cotton ship-
ping trade.

WUat UtltetS $ya\i (Continued from Page 9)

"There has been much said about the benefits
the large industries of North Carolina receive
from the State Ports Authority through their
handling of import ayid export trade. Very seldom
has mention been made of the benefits that small
businesses in this area receive from the ships
that dock at your terminal.

"We, too, know of the great importance of the
State owned terminals to the South Atlantic
region but we also know of the importance of
this terminal to us, a small industry in Wilming-
ton.

"Since the first ship docked at your terminal
we have been supplying the laundry needs and
dry cleaning service for ships' personnel and this
business will amount to several thousand dol-
lars each year.

"Our plant employs an average of ninety-eight
people, both white and colored, throughout the
year, and we feel that with the ships' laundry and
dry cleaning combined, we are supplying the sal-
aries for at least ten people we would not have
had without this additional business."
E. S. Capps

Ideal Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Wilmington, N. C.

"By having the tobacco shipped from the re-
drying plants in my area of business, a great deal
of time and money is saved, because of the short-
er distance to the Morehead City State Terminal

as compared to Norfolk, Virginia. This short haul
permits trucks to make in many cases two hauls
per day whereas a truck load of tobacco going to
Norfolk usually requires a day and a half, so you
can readily see that not only time and money are
saved but that speed is a factor which also re-
sults by using the Ocean Terminal at Morehead
City.

"These benefits are only a portion of the bene-
fits that occur indirectly to many people in other
industries, because of my use of the State Port.
As an example, truck lines hauling our tobacco
to the State Port increase their employment usage.
When we speak of trucks we think of the truck
drivers, the helpers, the warehousemen and others
who are put to work because of that truck load
of tobacco being loaded and unloaded. This
cycle continues, for the more trucks that are used,
the more fuel is used. This, in a way, affects the
petroleum and gasoline industries, as well as re-
sulting in additional tax revenue for the State of
North Carolina."

L. B. Jenkins Tobacco Company
Leaf Tobacco Dealers
Kinston, N. C.

"We think the port is the biggest enterprise in
our community. It employs stevedores while car-
goes are being loaded and unloaded, therefore
putting citizens from our vicinity on payroll. It
is also the shortest route for Tug Boats on the
coast."

J. J. Ewell, Asst. Manager
Freeman Brothers
Morehead City, N. C.

NORTH CAPOLINA LIBRARY COMMISSION
RALEIGH, N. C.

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(Reprinted from Wilmington Morning Star, Oct. 30, J 954)

Wilmingtonians received an excellent lesson in the
value of maritime commerce recently in a survey of
the local expenditures of ships calling in the port here.

But an even more emphatic demonstration of the
wide range of benefits derived from the United States
Merchant Marine is available in a financial report on
a single large ocean liner.

The liner recently completed her 100th crossing of
the Atlantic and thus ended her first three and a half
years in service. If you think that the operations of this
large ship concern only waterfront businesses, con-
sider a breakdown of some of the expenses.

To date the officers and crew of the liner have re-
ceived some SI 3,000,000 in wages. These men, who
have permanent homes throughout the nation, have
spent their wages in hundreds of American cities and
towns.

Stevedores earned SHOO, 000 and port charges ac-
counted lor another $300,000. Insurance costs were
$1,800,000 and maintenance and repair totaled Sl,-
500,000. Fuel oil consumed by the mammoth floating
power plant cost S3, 000,000 anil the passengers and
crew ate 4,500,000 meals with the food bill running
to $4,000,000.

This makes the operation of the liner almost a na-
tional program. The money was spent on countless
items, both large and small, and it went to workers,
farmers and businesses.

The financial report on a large liner is merely an
indication of the contribution made by the nation's
merchant fleet. Every part of the nation benefits di-
rectly or indirectly, and that is the reason why areas
other than seaports should be concerned with the
steady expansion of our Merchant Marine.

New competitive punch for the U.S. merchant fleet

The Maritime Administration feels that the fast, big Mariners can strengthen the competitive position of the U.S. merchant fleet

Horth Caiohna Mate Librei >
Raleigh

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PHILIP L. SULLIVAN, Terminal Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the
wharf is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It
is capable of berthing three 500-ft. vessels simul-
taneously, with depth of 32 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE : Three acres of paved open stor-
age, easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars.

TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with cross-
overs, full length of wharf apron; also depressed
tracks at rear of transit sheds and warehouse, en-
tire length. Storage yard on property for 240
freight cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two Diesel switching lo-
comotives.

One 40-ton locomotive crane and two 25-ton lo-
comotive cranes.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts of
various sizes with accessories such as cotton clamps,
etc. Light and heavy tractors and trailers and
straddle trucks.

Facilities for full palletization of cargoes.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Rail and truck
docks for loading and unloading at the transit
sheds and warehouse; ramps for easy access into
sheds and warehouse; portable side and end load-
ing ramps for rail cars.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumi-
gation plant with two chambers of 7,225 cubic
feet each; equipped for HCN and methyl bromide.

SERVICES : Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Export crating service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Sea-
board Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous
highway motor transportation companies.

Office space available for freight forwarders,
steamship agents, etc.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

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J. D. HOLT, Terminal Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the
wharf is 2,550 feet long with a 34-foot apron. It
is capable of berthing four 500-foot cargo ships
and one petroleum tanker, with a depth of 30 feet
at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry with sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, 88,000
square feet each, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: Paved open storage, 60,000
square feet, shipside and adjacent to transit sheds
and warehouses.

TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with crossover,
full length of wharf. Single depressed track full
length of rear of transit sheds and warehouses. At-
lantic and East Carolina Railway freight car stor-
age yard adjacent to Port property.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts
with detachable accessories such as barrel clamps,
cotton clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full pal-
letization of cargoes.
Tractors and trailers.
Bagging equipment for hulk fertilizer.

LOADING AND UNLOADING. Truck docks for
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for easy access into transit sheds and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Proposed for later date.

CHANNEL: Thirty-foot channel from dock to
ocean; three and a half miles from terminal to sea
buoy.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and I 'cderalh -ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Served by Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Co.
One interstate truck line on property, and served
by numerous highway motor transportation com-
panies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

Kail Kates

On Imported Bagging, Viz: Burlap, Gunny, or Jute

Bagging or Burlap, Gunny or Jute Cloth, New

or Old, Noibn, with or without paper lining.

C. L. Min. Wt. 30,000 lbs.

TO FROM

Wilming- York

ton New Baltimore Norfolk

Chicago, III. 70 87 84 84

Cincinnati, Ohio 70 76 73 73

Indianapolis, Ind. 70 80 77 77

Louisville, Ky 70 87 84 73

Milwaukee, Wis. 76 87 84 84

Minneapolis, Minn. 93 120 117 117

St. Louis, Mo. 70 87 84 84

All rates shown are subject to an increase of 1 5 % as
authorized under Ex-Parte 175-B.

On Imported Bags, Burlap, Gunny or Jute and
Lined Burlap
C. L. Min. Wt. 30,000 lbs.

TO FROM

Wilming- Norfolk
ton Baltimore

Burlington, la. 100 109

Chicago, 111. 86 97

Davenport, Iowa 100 108

Dubuque, la 102 109

Evansville, Ind. 86 99

Indianapolis, Ind. 86 87

Louisville, Ky. 86 91

Milwaukee, Wis. 92 100

Peoria, 111 86 101

Rockford, 111. _' 97 101

Springfield, 111. 86 101

All rates shown are subject to an increase of
authorized under Ex-Parte 175-B.

Cotton-

New
York
112
100
111
112
102

94
103
104
104
104

15% as

ATKINSON DREDGING
CO.

Home Office: Jacksonville, Fla.
Field Office: R. F. D. 3. Box 234, Norfolk. Va.

Channel Dredging * Fill Dredging
Bulkheads * Wharf Construction

D. D. ATKINSON, B. S. E.. President

Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Associate Member American Society Mechanical

Engineers

CAPE FEAR
TOWING COMPANY

TUG SERVICE
MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Office Phone 2-3073 — Night 2-2762

WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA

GREENHEART

Piling. Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK, N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

Complete Banking Services . . .

Serving ....

Eastern North Carolina For
Over Half A Century ....

We offer you Import and Export Letters of
Credit . . .

Foreign Exchange, Draft or Cable . . .

Travelers Cheques and Letters of Credit.

Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Co.

Established 1900
Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Reserve System
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY. NORTH CAROLINA

TELEPHONE 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

Peter B. Ruifin

President

W. P. Emerson

Vice-President

William T. Davis

Manager

W. D. Williams

Secretary

J. P. Wilson

Treasurer

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder Registration No. 376

HEIDE AND CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

FORWARDING AGENTS
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS
STEVEDORES

WILMINGTON

v0 vo's * Gevc NORTH CAROLINA

Cable Address

"HEIDE" WILMINGTON-CAROLINA

Telephone 3-5161

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 223

READY TO SERVE . . .

Your Port Of Wilmington Needs

In every phase of the agricultural and
industrial development of North Caro-
lina, this bank has been an important
factor.

It has consistently cooperated with the
grower, the manufacturer, the shipper
and the merchant, helping to make
North Carolina the prosperous, progres-
sive State that it is.

THE

WILMINGTON SAVINGS AND

TRUST COMPANY

"NORTH CAROLINA'S PORT BANK"

COMMERCIAL • TRUST • SAVINGS

Established 1888

Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Member Federal Reserve System

POSTMASTER: If not delivered in 10 days, re-
turn to Box 1619. State Ports Authority,
Wilmington, N. C. Return Postage Guaranteed.

Sec. 34.66. P. L. & R.

U. S. Postage

PAID

Wilmington. N. C.

Permit No. 225

BOOT GMOEUft £D3RAHr COMMISSION
RftOTGH, HjC*

SHIP LAUNDRY

One Day Service

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IDEAL LAUNDRY AND DRY

CLEANERS, INC.

FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE 6651

WILMINGTON. N. C. j

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

STORAGE

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HOUSEHOLD GOODS
AND MERCHANDISE

Warehouse Fire-Resistant
Construction

FARRAR TRANSFER &
STORAGE WAREHOUSE

DIAL 5317
1121 S. FRONT ST.

AGENTS FOR
ALLIED VAN LINES. INC.

GET INTO THIS PICTURE
THROUGH OUR NORTH CAROLINA OFFICES

COMPLETE BANKING SERVICES FOR EVERY PARTICULAR NEED

FIRST CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY

NORTH CAROLINA

MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

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FEBRUARY, 1955

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HEIDE & CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

FORWARDING AGENTS
STEVEDORES
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

YOYO'S *GE Ncy

Cable Address

"HEIDE" MOREHEADCITY-CAROLINA

P. O. Box 322

Telephone 6-3652

R. L. HICKS, Manager

MOREHEAD CITY. NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN, President W. P. EMERSON, Vice-President

W. D. WILLIAMS, Secretary J. P. WILSON, Treasurer

Wilmington Shipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 270
Telephone 2-3381

Cable Address
WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

THE BANK OF

WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

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WILMINGTON

NORTH CAROLINA

PAVING CONTRACTORS

Any Size Job Anywhere

E. B. TOWLES
CONSTRUCTION CO.

DIAL 2-0359
Market Street Road

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BITUMINOUS

SURFACE
TREATMENT

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C. S. P. A.
George T. Adams, Editor

February, 1955

\ hi (_ \i j I, No 5

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

EDWIN PATE

Chairman

RAYMOND A. BRYAN

V ice-Chairman

W. AVERY THOMPSON
Secretary-Treasurer

J. HARRY WHITE

Member

HARVEY W. MOORE
Member

HAROLD F. COFFEY

Member

HENRY A. LINEBERGER
Member

Executive Director
COL. RICHARD S. MARR

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

GEORGE T. ADAMS

Asst. to Director

E. E. LEE, JR.

Traffic Manager

WILMINGTON OFFICE

P. O. Box 1619— Telephone 3-1622

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

Terminal Manager

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

P. O. Box 14 5— Telephone 6-3159

J. D. HOLT

Terminal Manager

WALTER H. FRIEDERICHS
Assistant

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing 618
New York 6, N. Y.

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS
Commercial Agent

SELL YOUK STATE PORTS

This magazine is initialed to be read In at least ten people. Please pass it
on when you are through.

C^cnients

Advancement 4

Progress and Service ... 5

"Dear Mr. Authority" 6

More Ships, More Dollars 8

Service and Savings 10

Service Plus 1 1

North Carolina's Gateways to the World 1 2

New Facilities at Morehead City 14

Bon Voyage for 195 5 - 15

4-Part Harmony 16

A Carolina Hardware Distributor 17

Monthly Sailing Services from Europe 19

Port Facilities, Wilmington 20

Port Facilities. Morehead City 21

COVER

The sleek, modern passenger liner, VI. S. STOCKHOLM, shown on the
cover was photographed as she arrived at Morehead City with tJic early
morning sun breaking through for a beautiful day. She took on pass
for a cruise to the Caribbean and Havana.

CiaOancement . . .

The many gains and increases in activities at the State Ports this past year point out that progress of an en-
couraging nature has been taking place, and that the building up of the North Carolina deep-water ports at Wil-
mington and Morehead City are actually coming into their own as important shipping centers of the South Atlantic
region.

There are many factors that this growth can be attributed to; one of the most important is public interest.
This interest is taking advantage of the many benefits that the ports offer the entire state; because of this interest,
shippers and industrialists in increasing numbers are investigating the possibility of using the ports, resulting in
more and more cargoes coming into and going out of the Tar Heel State.

This progressive growth is a sound one, for the ton-
nages handled at the ports are made up of a variety
of commodities used in North Carolina or produced
here for export.

At the Wilmington State Docks, during the last six
months of 1954, 39 ships were worked and 81,000
tons of cargo handled. Comparing this with the same
period in 1953, an increase of over 100% was noted
in the number of ships that were docked and a 300%
increase in the tonnage handled.

The Morehead City Terminal ended its year with
banners flying high — the year closed with the Term-
inal handling over 568,000 tons of commercial and
military cargo. This is an increase of 75,000 tons over
the calendar year of 1953. More than 235 ships dis-
charged or loaded cargo in 1954 — resulting in an in-
crease of 24 ships over 1953.

Tar Heels from the coast to the mountains are learn-
ing first-hand just how they can benefit from busy, effi-
cient deep-water ports, and this is resulting in a grow-

ing support for this state's financial program, and is
being evidenced in North Carolina's port progress.

The public, shippers of imports and exports, and
industrialists of the Tar Heel State arc to be congratu-
lated for the current results of the ports' growth in
business, and they can, at the same time, be confident
of increasing benefits for the future by continuing their
support to the ports of North Carolina.

The outlook for continued cargo growth and the nec-
essary facilities to handle it is good, and through the ac-
tive port development of the State Ports Authority, the
ports of North Carolina intend to keep pace with the
growth requirements of industry, agriculture and gen-
eral business of North Carolina and other states in the
south and mid-west.

All the factors mentioned, coupled with a driving
desire on the part of those serving the ports to render
the best of service, presage a bright future for the
ports of North Carolina, the young, but fast-growing,
ports of the South Atlantic.

Experts say that the fumigation plant at the Wilming-
ton State Docks is the most modern and efficient on the
East Coast.

PROGRESS AND SERVICE die Kexj Wads

ck tke Tlcitlt Ua't.oima
£iate Pats Gutlto>iit\i

Slightly over two years ago the State Ports of North
Carolina, at Wilmington and Morehead City, were ded-
icated to the service of developing a more expeditious
handling of water-borne commerce from and to any
part of the state of North Carolina, and other states
and foreign countries. These ports, although very
young in years, when compared with other shipping
centers, are fast growing and are coming into their
own as important shipping centers of the South At-
lantic Coast.

The encouraging progress that has been witnessed
over the past year has been brought about by many fac-
tors — the most important of these being service and
public interest. The people of North Carolina are tak-
ing advantage, not only of the services provided, but
also of the numerous beneficial advantages that result
to them whenever the ports are utilized. Many benefits
have resulted to businessmen, importers and exporters
and industrialists and the public through the use of the
docks at Wilmington and Morehead City. Comments
made by shippers point out that service through North
Carolina State Ports, not only results in a saving of
time in shipment, but also a reduction in costs for
their customers and themselves. Statements to these
effects comes from small as well as international in-
dustries.

This growth is sound, for the tonnage is made up
of a great variety of commodities used in North Caro-

lina or produced here for export. Much of the exports
include tobacco, woodpulp, deer tongue, lumber, scrap
steel, and other items, while the imports have been
made up of mahogany, steel products, hardware, bi-
cycles, burlap, rugs, glass, cotton, cocoa extract, peat
moss, fertilizer, passengers, and many other articles of
a general cargo nature.

Throughout their young lives, the ports of North
Carolina have continually stressed their basic policy,
"Service." The Ports Authority is now proud to an-
nounce that this policy is showing results in the steadv
growth and progress of these state facilities, and with
the continued assistance and cooperation that is now
being demonstrated by importers, exporters, shipping
companies, steamship lines, business men and citizens,
the Authority is confident that this steady growth shall
continue.

During the last six months of 1954, remarkable
gains were made in the number of ship arrivals and
tonnages handled at the State Docks at Wilmington.
Thirty-nine ships and some 81,000 tons of cargo were
handled. In comparison with the same period of 1953,
this shows an increase of over 100% in the number of
ships docking, and approximately 300 % in the ton-
nage handled.

Another important factor in the continuing progress
of the port is the two scheduled steamship services.
These services will enable the small shipper to use the
port in conjunction with many others. The benefits of
these services have been well demonstrated by the num-
ber of inquiries that have been made by shippers from
all over the Tar Heel State.

Many additions to facilities and equipment have
been made and were put into service the past vear at

(Continued on Page 18)

PHOTO BY JERRY SCHUMAKER

Looking east toward the State Port Terminal, Morehead City's 9-street wide and 38-strcet
long peninsula can be seen stretching toward Beaufort. Bogue Sound can be seen on the
right while the waters of Calico Creek, Newport River and Core Creek are on the left. The
inland waterway fronts the south and east sides of the Port Terminal in the Background.

Ueah. uUi. Ciutkoiitxj . . .

By TED DAVIS, General Manager Morehead City Chamber of Commerce

))

Requests for information from school children of all
ages is not unusual in our office. We receive hundreds
during each school year, but one received this year will
never be forgotten. It was addressed: "Theport Au-
thority, Chamber of Commercial, Morehead City, N.
C." Scrawled on the reverse side was: "Dear Mr. Au-
thority, I want some stuff about your town and
ships . . ."

Like every request for information about the port,
beach, city or county, this one was answered the
same day received. In reply we can send pictures, his-
torical sketches and travel information. We can de-
scribe the safety of beach and surf and the thrill of
game fishing — but it would be difficult to completely
tell the story of the Morehead City Terminal's immense
value to this coastal area and the state as a whole.

As Morehead's Mayor George Dill stated recently,
"I have seen the change in this city since our port be-
gan its rapid development. The added payroll of the fa-
cility accounts for food, shelter and home repairs which
could not be afforded by some before. Crews and pas-
sengers of vessels tying up here pour thousands of dol-
lars into mercantile tills. With the confidence and in-
vestment our State government has placed in this de-
velopment, possibilities for all our Carteret (County)
citizens are unlimited."

How are Chamber members affected?

On December 26th, when more than 2,300 Tar-
heels from all over the state visited the Brazilian tank-
er Gaupore, Morehead restaurants had the best day
this winter. Those food dollars turned over many times
before leaving the county.

When a Honduran tanker tied up December 27th,
the crew practically "bought out" a variety store. Sea-
men had to be helped to waiting taxis with bushel
baskets of toys and candies. Nearly a hundred pounds
of fancy roasted nuts were bought by a party of three.
Every available tricycle in town was sold and taxis
were kept busy shuttling from town to terminal.

The M. S. Stockholm was delayed one day in sailing
for Nassau and practically every motel, hotel and com-
mercial rooming house was filled. Restaurants were
packed with customers at breakfast next morning.
With each cruise, returning voyagers ate in our restau-
rants and bought souvenirs from our merchants.

Food, some 53 tons of it, plus other supplies were
purchased in North Carolina. Many of these dollars
stayed in Morehead City. Laundries did over $2,000
worth of business. Florists made up the largest orders
for corsages ever received. Ladies' ready-to-wear stores
had record sales on sailing days and again when the
ship returned.

Despite adequate parking facilities available at the
port, local garages and service stations swelled their cof-
fers servicing and storing travelers' autos. Exact figures
cannot be secured, but estimates of the direct value of
the Stockholm cruises in new money in the Morehead
area go as high as $125,000.

Spreading inland we hnd main items of export mov-
ing through state ports. According to a report of the
Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce, Venezuela, alone,
imports textiles from Charlotte and Salisbury; paper
products from Pisgah forest; grinding mill products
from North Wilkesboro; herbs from Lenoir; cotton
yarn, tire cord, and other cotton manufactures from
Gastonia and Kannapolis.

The lirst barge of grain left the loading facility oi this
port for Baltimore Januarv 5th. Tobacco hogsheads
continually move into the terminal for shipment to
Europe and the Orient. Chemicals, petroleum and mil-
itary shipments add their tonnages to the ever-mounting
overseas commerce.

Hardly a Navy payday passes that does not Find
sailors spending wages in town. I verj member of this
chamber has profited from the port. The complete
story of the port value is hard to tell, but it can be
seen in the faces of our citizens, it can be heard in the
happy laughter of children with new toys, and it can
be felt by the man buying security with money brought
here by the terminals enterprise.

This Chamber will have to go along with our little
8-year-old school girl and say: "Dear--\ea, even--
Dear, Dear Mr. Authority, We want your stuff about
our town and ships ..."

A tanker enters the channel at Morehead City Port to unload chemicals.

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WILMINGTON AT NIGHT

PHOTO BY HUGH MORTON

Tllole £lttys, Thole Dollate loi '55

By P. M. CAMAK, General Manager Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce

When the statistics are actually gathered concerning
the overall economic life of Wilmington and New Han-
over County for the year 1954, they are expected to be
favorable in many respects, and particularly as to the
increase in water-borne tonnage for the Wilmington
harbor as compared to past years. Commerce and trans-
portation will most certainly have played an important
part in the expected total income of 89 million dollars
or better for the citizenship of New Hanover County as
a whole.

Water-borne commerce and resulting land-borne
commerce during the past year have shown definite
signs of being the number one factor in leading the city
and area to higher ground economically during the
year 1955. Based upon improvement made in water
commerce during 1954 over 1953, there is no neces-
sity of expecting anything but improvement for the
coming year. In 1953, South Carolina and Georgia led
North Carolina in port tonnage. There was not too
much difference in the figures, with South Carolina
close to 6,000,000 tons; Georgia, 4,000,000 tons; and
North Carolina, 3,758,598 tons. A look at the last six
months of operations of the Wilmington harbor, and
particularly the North Carolina State Port terminal,
would indicate that recent efforts are beginning to
bring results; and that had such ratio of tonnage pre-

vailed during the entire year, North Carolina could ex-
pect to approach Georgia's (Savannah) last record or
beat it for the next 12 months.

It is significant that the November record of the
State Port terminal at Wilmington showed that it ex-
ceeded its former tonnage record for any one month,
specifically April, 1953, in that it handled 30,000 tons
in November as compared to the previous high of
April, 1953, of 27,000 tons. The nature of the car-
goes indicated wider interest in commodity shipments.
The cargoes making up the November record were
burlap, jute, hardware, steel products, tobacco, cotton,
plate glass, cocoa, and other items of general cargo type.

In looking at the Wilmington harbor from the
standpoint of the Chamber of Commerce, one of the
most important aspects needing attention is one of
simple cooperation in many ways, and particularly to-
ward getting an additional 2-foot depth in order to per-
mit the solicitation of larger vessels in making Wilming-
ton a port of call. Some $500,000 was originally in
the Rivers and Harbors Bill of the Federal Government
for its current fiscal year, but such item was eliminated
upon passage of the bill. It has been estimated that it
would take $2,000,000 to dredge two additional feet
for the Wilmington harbor, thereby making it 34 feet.
Should all interested agencies coordinate their efforts

PHOTO BY HUGH MORTON

Aerial view of Wilmington, showing drawbridge spanning Cape Fear River on U. S.
Highways 17, 74 and 76. In the left foreground are some docks and warehouses where
vessels from Europe, South America, Africa, and other forcigti ports call at Wilmington. At
extreme right is the U. S. Custom House.

in this connection and succeed in getting this item in
the next bill, it could prove to be a decided factor to-
ward increasing tonnage for Wilmington.

The payrolls expended in loading and unloading
ships are exceedingly valuable to the area. Some types
of ships have been known to call for a labor payroll
of approximately $40,000 in the handling of cargo.

Such operations are looked upon as not only com-
mercial but industrial, as more ships bring in more
commodities, naturally enhancing the industrial pic-
ture. 1955 should see greater interest taken in the
State Ports by the citizenship and the leaders from
this area. Likewise, such interest should be taken in the

Wilmington harbor as a whole; and only cooperation
and understanding on the part of all concerned are
needed to bring about a much bigger and more profit-
able transportation picture for the vear 195 5.

The answer for a larger port for the betterment of
North Carolina as a whole lies in the field of coordina-
tion ol diversit) oi interests of the governmental, in
dustrial, and agricultural leaders of the State of North
Carolina. It is necessary for the average citizen ol the
State to know thai the future increase in water-borne
commerce will be to an economic advantage to not
onl) the manufacturer and processor, but to the con-
sumer.

SERVICE
SAVINGS

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Ttlajci @nc)u$faies

Tioitlt (salolina

By S. L. MARBURY

In the year of 1912 the Wertheimer Bag Company
began business at Birmingham, Alabama, and has
continued the operation of this plant for the past forty
three years.

In the year of 1935, due to extensive business in
the states of North and South Carolina, it was deem-
ed advisable to open an additional plant somewhere in
the Carolinas, and, after a thorough examination of
the advantages to be offered for the successful opera-
tion of this plant, the city of Wilmington, N. C, was
decided upon.

Much thought was given to the matter of labor sup-
ply, climatic conditions and, above all, to the advant-
ages of a location at a port city where it would be pos-
sible to bring in shipments of burlap direct from Cal-
cutta, India.

The Wilmington plant began business in June of
1935, the chief operation being the manufacturing of
Burlap and Cotton Bags of all kinds, which are used
extensively in the Southeast for sacking such products
as Fertilizer, Minerals, Cottonseed products, Potatoes,
Dairy Feed, Peanuts and many other commodities.

In addition to the manufacture of bags, considerable
volume comes from the sale of Burlap in piece good
form to the textile industry and furniture manufac-

Unloading of burlap from India at Wilming-
ton State Ports, for Wertheimer Bag Company.

turers, as well as the manufacture of Burlap Tubing,
this product being used by textile manufacturers for
the protective covering for shipments of various fabrics.

During the nineteen years of operation in Wilming-
ton, the Port of Wilmington has been a very important
factor in the life of this business. The greater portion of
all burlap produced comes from India and Pakistan,
and with direct ocean shipments from India to Wil-
mington, a considerable saving in freight is passed
along to users in the Carolinas.

In early 1954 negotiations were made with the Isth-
mian Steamship Line pertaining to their vessels stop-
ping at the Port of Wilmington, and this resulted in
their decision to make Wilmington a regular monthly
port of call for a period of several months, and if suffic-
ient volume continues, it will, in all probability, be
made a permanent monthly port of call.

Much can be gained for the Port of Wilmington if
users in North Carolina of Burlap and Burlap Bags
purchase as much of their requirements as possible
through those importing through the Port of Wilming-
ton.

elOice Hlus

By W. S. R. BEANE

I Icicle & Co., Inc., have been acting as Steamship
Agents, Stevedores, Freight Forwarders, and Custom
Brokers at the Port of Wilmington since 1874. They
have been handling vessels at Morchcad City since
1937 and opened an office there, under the manage-
ment of Mr. II. L. Hicks, during September of 1954.
The most activity Morehead City waterfront has ever
seen was the Swedish American liner STOCKHOLM
calling on four voyages this fall to embark and debark
over 1,500 passengers from 32 states of the United
States including North Carolina. The Swedish Ameri-
can line was very complimentary on the fast and effic-
ient turnaround given the STOCKHOLM, and have
announced plans for five additional voyages next fall
which will make Morchcad City the leading Cruise
port of the South Atlantic.

Many of the passengers were very complimentary of
the fine food and foreign atmosphere they enjoyed
while traveling on a Swedish vessel. Most of the pas-
sengers were from various North Carolina points and
enjoyed low cost transportation driving their own auto-
mobiles from their front door to alongside the STOCK-
HOLM, where arrangements were made to store the
cars while they were away on the Cruise. With foreign
Cruise vessels serving Morehead City it is now becom-
ing very much less expensive for the people of North
Carolina to enjoy the foreign atmosphere of a vessel
and pleasures of a foreign land without the added ex-
pense of going to and from North Atlantic Ports.

Heide & Co., Inc., has handled many and various
commodities over the State Port Terminals at Wilming-
ton and Morchcad City. General Cargo of all types, to-
gether with special chartered vessels with full cargoes
of Calcium Ammonium Nitrate and Raw and Refined
sugar have been discharged. With the fast growing de-
velopments it is expected they will represent many

lines in the near future that will he operating regular
sailings to many ports of the world, which will give the
North Carolina shippers and receivers the same serv-
ice they are now getting at more distant ports, plus
a substantial saving in domestic freight to and from
the Port of \\ ilmington or Morehead City.

Heide Warehouse Co. specializes in handling bulk
cargoes at the Port of Wilmington. They operate three
piers with berths for three ocean going vessels, and
have a capacity for storing 55,000 tons of mat tl.
Over these docks move the majoritj of chemicals im-
ported from all over the world that go into making
plant food. Some of the principal items imported art-
Nitrate of Soda from Chile, Nitrolimc from Holland,
Potash Salts from Germany, France and Spain, Am-
monium Sulphate Nitrate from Germany, Ammonium
Nitrate from Houston, Sulphur from Galveston and
Leather Meal from Belgium. Most of the commodities
imported are shipped to the 14 Plant Food Factories
located at Wilmington, where thev are mixed into the
world's finest fertilizers for North Carolina farmers.

These modern clocks are all equipped with the latest
up-to-date belt conveyors for efficient low cost handl-
ing. They can receive cargo as fast as any vessel can de-
liver and frequently one pier alone will receive over
300 tons of material per hour. During the fertilizer
season many days you will find as many as 3 5,000 one-
hundred pound bags have been filled from bulk and
shipped to the various plants. Taking bulk and bags
together, about 50 to 60 freight cars per day are load-
ed and shipped.

Through these efficient terminals farmers can place
orders for their nitrogen requirements in the morning
and it will be delivered to their railroad siding by 8:00
a.m. the next morning. More distant points require an
additional dav.

SS Kir st en Tona, represented by Heide &■ Co., calling at the Wilming-
ton State Ports to pick up wood pulp, for delivery to Argentina, S. A.

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The newly constructed ex-
port and domestic grain
leading facility at the More-
head City State Terminal.
Another service to the agri-
cultural industry of North
Carolina.

PHOTO BY RAY CONNER

NEW FACILITIES at lUo^Wd Cfy

PHOTO BY RAY CONNER

The recently completed
L.S.T. Ramps at Morehead
City. This facility provides a
service to the military dur-
ing peace times as well as
during times of conflict.
About one hundred L.S.T.'s
use the Morehead Terminals
each year.

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dock at the Morehead
City Port Terminal,
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PROPOSED CRUISES, 1955— M. S. STOCKHOLM— FROM MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.

Port

NEW YORK
MOREHEAD CITY

Dist. Speed
468 17

Arrive

Hours
To Dock

Depart
THURS. OCT. 27 — 11:00 P.M.

SAT. OCT. 29 — 6:30 A.M.

1 D. 71/2 HRS.

MOREHEAD CITY

ST. GEORGE (BERMUDA)
MOREHEAD CITY

671

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ST. GEORGE (BERMUDA)

MOREHEAD CITY

671

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671

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ST. GEORGE (BERMUDA)

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WHEN
YOU WANT

HARMONY

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MARKETS

Fast freight facilities can
service 67% of your domestic
market within 72 hours. Of the
more than 1,000 Motor Trans-
port Operators, 48 are Class
One. Six Airlines serve 1 5 air-
ports. 89 Buslines and 6 prin-
cipal railroads afford interstate
shipments. There are shipping
points on the Inland Waterway,
plus 2 DEEPWATER PORTS,
WILMINGTON AND MORE-
HEAD CITY, for export and
import of finished products or
raw materials.

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LABOR

The Modem Carolina Power &
Light Building at Wilmington

L>a\ou\xa$ Piomctec)

IN "4-PART HARMONY"

Promoters of industrial development are waxing musical, if not
lyrical, in praise of the Carolinas.

"Four Part Harmony" is the title of Carolina Power 8c Light
Company's latest brochure issued to promote new industry. The
four harmonious parts, it says, are labor, location, materials and
markets.

The brochure is being mailed to hundreds of industrial pros-
pects across the nation, to chamber of commerce executives and
other development agencies, according to S. Paul Vecker, CP&L's
vice-president in charge of area development.

CP&L carries its musical theme to the natural conclusion that:
"Nothing could be finer than a site in Carolina."

;

There is a versatile manpow-
er pool of skilled and unskilled
workers in the Carolinas. The
people here are home and farm
owners in small communities,
and from the nearby country-
side. They possess a high degree
of native intelligence and dex-
terity, and are easily trained.
They are a happy people — they
think for themselves — the kind
that make highly productive
employees.

MATERIALS

Ample reserves for most in-
dustries account for the steady
expansion of manufacturing
and processing in the Carolinas.
This area holds national top
ranking in the manufacture of
Synthetic Fibers, Tobacco and
Textile products. It ranks high
nationally as a producer of
Wood Pulp, Lumber, Paper,
Brick, Tile and Clay Products.
Minerals and Timberland are
in plentiful reserve.

LOCATION

The mountains, central or
coastal plain areas offer a wide
variety of industrial sites, as
well as variety of climate. In
recent years, Burlington Mills,
DuPont, J. P. Stevens & Co.,
Westinghousc, Cornell - Dubi-
lier, General Electric, Gorham
Mfg. Co., Reeves Bros., Bab-
cock & Wilcox, Saco-Lowell
Shops, International Resistance
Co., have located in our service
area. Each required a specific
solution to its location prob-
lem and found the right site in
the Carolinas.

G Carolina Ha'ibSSJe^B^iitub.'i

Is changing the Entire Character of its Half ( entury Business through Associa-
tion with the North Carolina Ports Authority.

Use of North Carolina ports has opened the door to
a world-wide selection of fine goods, states Lawrence
i). Nuchols, president of the American Hardware &
Equipment Company.

The opportunity to select the finest quality hardware
goods from manufacturers throughout the world is
completely changing the character of business of the
company, said Mr. Nuchols.

The American Hardware & Equipment Company,
founded in 1913, is the largest 100% wholesale hard-
ware distributor in the Carolinas, serving thousands of
independent retail dealers in North and South Carolina.
The home office of the company is located in Charlotte,
distribution center of the Carolinas.

Mr. Nuchols said that his company now imports for-
eign goods exclusively through North Carolina ports.
The elimination of overland shipping costs from other
eastern ports such as New York and Norfolk has re-
sulted in savings of time and thousands of dollars. The
savings have made possible an immensely expanded im-
port business for the firm.

The American Hardware & Equipment Company is
now importing wire, nails, fencing and other hard-
ware products for the use of Carolina people. Mr.
Nuchols said that thousands of customers are now
getting a better grade of wire products for less money.

Mr. L. R. Clemmer, vice president of the firm, who
operates out of the Charlotte headquarters, supervised
the unloading of the shipment in the Wilmington port.

In August the S. S. Southstar arrived in Wilmington
with a large shipment of fencing and nails for the
American Hardware & Equipment Company. Mr.
Nuchols went to Europe last spring to set up the pur-
chases. After weeks of screening West German manu-
facturers and checking their products, Nuchols signed
contracts with four firms. Manufacture of the fencing
began immediately and the fruits of the contracts ar-
rived on the Southstar.

One of the most interesting products imported by
American Hardware & Equipment Company, said Mr.
Clemmer, is the Torpedo bicycle. The bicycle is a Euro-
pean lightweight with a three-speed Sturmey Archer
gear shift and front and rear caliper brakes. The bi-
cycle is distributed exclusively by American Hardware
& Equipment Company dealers in the Carolinas.

Mr. Nuchols and Mr. Clemmer plan to leave the
first of February for another trip to Europe to select
goods for importing through North Carolina ports. Ad-
ditional shipments of wire, fencing and nails are plan-
ned for the next few months, and Mr. Nuchols said
that they intend to explore tools, household supplies
and appliances for future importing. There is no end
to the high quality hardware goods available in Euro-
pean markets, he said.

The importing of hardware goods from I urope will
result in a wider selection of goods for Carolina con-
sumers, said the AHEC executives. People will be
able to select their products from the finest made in
both America and I mope.

Mr. Nuchols feels that in importing foreign goods
through North Carolina ports his company is serving
the growth of the state. Ever) time a \ ictory ship comes
into the Wilmington or Morehead City ports, North
Carolina becomes $50,000 richer, according to port
authorities.

Shipments through North Carolina ports also mean
employment for pilots, stevedores, warehousemen, tug
crews, truckers and railroads, said Mr. Nuchols.

AHEC executives also feel that increased imports
from countries such as West Germany will mean better
business for our friends across the seas and help them
to build stable economies, so important to peace and
freedom.

The AHEC executives have praised the fine new port
facilities which are well equipped to take care of pro-
jected shipments of hardware goods from foreign ports.

Mr. Nuchols said that his firm will do all in its pow-
er to stimulate development of North Carolina harbors
by means of bringing shipments direct to them from
overseas. There is no reason, he said, why business
men of our state cannot work together to see that their
imports come to our own ports of Wilmington and
Morehead City. Ele said that there are scores of indus-
tries who are interested and with the cooperation of all,
North Carolina can become as famous a marine ship-
ping state as it is an overland shipping state.

A new era in the business of the American Hard-
ware & Equipment Company has begun. Ahead, the
far-sighted executives of the firm see increased import-
ing of foreign goods, wider selection for Carolina con-
sumers, and a continually growing ami expanding
business for the firm.

/!. I . Clemmer, Vice-President of American llardv
Equipment Co. inspecting his shipment in the modern steel
ami concrete transit shed at the Wilmington v

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Wilmington. The New $115,000 fumigating plant
was granted Federal approval, and shortly following
demonstrated its efficient and up-to-date operation in
fumigating the eargoes of the first Egyptian cotton that
was ever to be handled through North Carolina ports.

New tractors and trailers to handle the cotton ship-
ments in an expedient and labor-saving manner were
also added, as well as heavy duty lift trucks, straddle
trucks and fork lifts for the handling of lumber, to-
bacco and heavy items of a general cargo nature. The
cranes at Wilmington were recently outfitted with
complete electro-magnetic equipment for efficient use
in the handling of metals.

The State Port Terminal at Morehead City closed
the old year with many records and opened the new
year with numerous shipping "firsts."

More than 568,000 tons of commercial and mili-
tary cargo were handled during 1954, and of this total
400,000 tons were commercial commodities.

"This total represents an increase of 75,000 tons
over the calendar year of 1953," said Colonel Richard
S. Marr, Executive Director of the State Ports Author-
ity, "During the year of 1954," Marr said, "235 ships
discharged or loaded, while during the year before, 211
ships were handled. This is a gain of 24 ships or an
increase of an additional ship every two weeks during
1954.

The commodities making up this record tonnage fig-
ure were the exports of tobacco, the imports of sugar,
the unloading of jet fuel, kerosene, gasoline, fuel oil,
asphalt, bunker C oil and glycol.

The Port of Morehead City is taking rapid strides
towards becoming one of the nation's leading tobacco
ports. For the first time, tobacco has moved to Ham-
burg, Germany, Le Harve and Bordeaux, France, in ad-
dition to other continental ports from the Morehead
City Terminal. The facilities are being used by more
than 14 of the leading tobacco exporters of North
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The year of 1954 not only was a banner year for
the terminals in record tonnage and ship movements,
but was also marked with many "first" happenings and
events.

For the first time in its history the terminal had
ocean passenger service to the Caribbean, more than
sixteen hundred people from North Carolina and 32
other states sailed on four cruises, which were inaugu-
rated last October. The success of the sailings is indi-
cated by the fact that the State Ports Authority takes
pleasure in announcing four more cruises to Bermuda
this fall, and a two-week "Thanksgiving Cruise" to
South America, making stops at Port au Prince, Carta-
gena, San Bias, Cristobal and Kingston.

Another first for the terminals was the completion
of the construction of three loading ramps for use by
Navy EST type vessels. The port provides a service to
the military in peacetime as well as during times of con-
flict. About 100 LST's use the port facilities each year

and the new ramps make possible the handling of three
ships simultaneously.

A first that is of great interest to the agricultural in-
dustry of the Tar Heel and other bordering states is
the construction of the first export and coastwise grain
loading facility, which went into operation on January
4th, to move the first barge load of grain from More-
head City to a northern port.

This facility makes it possible for North Carolina
farmers to ship their grains and seeds to all parts of
the world with a saving of time and costs.

As the old year closed on record ship movements
and tonnages, the new year opened with activities that
indicate more record breakers for the near future.

On the first day of the new year, the newly built
Japanese motor ship TAMON MARU, arrived at More-
head City to transport the first cargo of North Carolina
tobacco from Morehead City to Japan.

At the same time, the TAMON MARU, of the Nip-
pon Yusen Kaisha Line, was loading, another ship, the
SS HOCHST of the North German Lloyd Lines, was
also loading tobacco for Hamburg, Germany. This was
the first time that two ships ever loaded tobacco at the
same time at the terminal and the first time that those
lines ever came to Morehead City.

The Port of Morehead City set other records during
the first fifteen days of the new year. Plans called for
the handling of 3 ships for tobacco export, 3 tankers,
20 Naval vessels, and the first loading of a barge of
grains for shipment to a northern port via the inland
waterway. Also, early this year — for the first time —
an ocean going tanker will make Morehead City a port
of call to load fish oil, produced by the tremendous
menhaden fishing industry of the Tar Heel State for
export to Germany.

In the past, this fish product was moved to New
York for transhipment; now another North Carolina in-
dustry can be served at its own front door.

Based on the past year's performance of activities,
progress should continue into 1955, and we fully ex-
pect our State Terminal at Morehead City to be of even
greater value to the people and the State this new year.

Meanwhile, the Authority has under consideration
for the near future, the building of approximately 800,-
000 square feet of additional storage and transit floor
space and, for the purpose of handling heavy cargo
shipments, the acquiring of gantry cranes.

In line with the endeavor to provide improved and
additional facilities, great effort is being made to estab-
lish more attractive rates and lower costs to shippers.

Continued increase in the use of the facilities of the
North Carolina State Ports Authority reflects a healthy
and steady growth, and the outlook for continued cargo
growth is good. The Ports Authority's active develop-
ment program aims to develop more world trade for
North Carolina by providing improved facilities and
services, the keys to the trade expansion that is taking
place at the North Carolina Ports.

Hlontnlxj (yadincj ^yewices hem GWtobe

By PETER B. RUFFIN

Regular monthly sailing services westbound from
Europe to Wilmington without minimum cargo guar-
antees were inaugurated last month when the S/S
RADNOR called here. Peter B. Ruffin, President of
the Wilmington Shipping Company, agent and steve-
dore for the South Atlantic Steamship Line, Inc., of
Savannah, Ga., said the new service came as a result of
greatly increased volume and variety of shipments made
by South Atlantic vessels to the Port City during the
last year.

Wilmington is the first port of discharge. The ves-
sels will then proceed to Charleston, South Carolina,
Savannah, Georgia, and Jacksonville, Florida.

"This is the most encouraging development that has
come to Wilmington in many years," he said.

The monthly sailings will be between Antwerp, Bel-
gium and Wilmington, with calls at other continental
ports, chiefly Hamburg and Bremen, Germany, and
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and also frequent calls
at United Kingdom ports.

The vessels will discharge their cargoes at the State
Ports Docks. Some of the vessels will occasionally have
bulk cargoes, such as fertilizer, for discharge at Heide
Warehouse Company. The principal cargoes moving
through Wilmington from Europe aboard South Atlan-
tic ships are steel products, hardware, burlap, fertilizer,
cocoa extract and bicycles.

These import items are almost entirely for North
Carolina receivers and are distributed throughout the
state.

"With this regular service," Ruffin said, "more ship-
pers can be expected to add other commodities."

He described the new service as encouraging to both
small and large shippers as well as to the port itself, be-
cause there is no minimum cargo guarantee.

Richard S. Marr, Director of the State Ports Author-
ity, expressed his pleasure in the new service, saying,
"This service shows the progress that is being made in
the use of the State Port facilities. It also demonstrates
that there are many people in North Carolina who
realize the value of shipping through the State Ports.

During the past year, Ruffin said, South Atlantic
freighters have called frequently at Wilmington, but
only when a specific quantity justified a call. Because
of the increased tonnage coining here, however, South
Atlantic has agreed to make Wilmington a regular port
of call once a month.

Ruffin also said that his firm is verj encouraged by
South Atlantic's action, "which indicates their confi-
dence in Wilmington and the future of the port."

Regarding east-bound service from Wilmington to
Europe, Ruffin explained that South Atlantic will
make frequent calls, as cargo offers. Outbound car.;')
is principally made up of woodpulp, tobacco and
forest products. It is hoped that in the near future
the establishment of east-bound schedules to Europe
may be announced.

The first vessel of the west-bound scheduled services
arrived at the State Docks January 15th, with a general
cargo from Europe.

South Atlantic owns and operates four C-2 vessels,
which were built in Wilmington bv the North Carolina
Shipbuilding Company. Additionally, they charter
numerous vessels in the open market to take care of
their requirements.

S. S. Sonthstar of the
South Atlantic Steamship
Lines unloading cargoes at
the Wilmington State Ports,
during one of the scheduled
runs established by the lines.

IVilmiHcton

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN, Terminal Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the
wharf is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It
is capable of berthing three 500-ft. vessels simul-
taneously, with depth of 3 2 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE : Three acres of paved open stor-
age, easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two Diesel switching lo-
comotives.

One 40-ton locomotive crane and two 25-ton lo-
comotive cranes.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts of
various sizes with accessories such as cotton clamps,
etc. Light and heavy tractors and trailers and
straddle trucks.

Facilities for full palletization of cargoes.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumi-
gation plant with two chambers of 7,225 cubic
feet each; equipped for HCN and methyl bromide.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Export crating service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Sea-
board Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous
highway motor transportation companies.

Office space available for freight forwarders,
steamship agents, etc.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

nloh.ekaab Gitu

J. D. HOLT, Terminal Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 2,550 feet long with a 3 4 -foot apron. It is cap-
able of berthing four 500-foot cargo ships and one
Petroleum tanker, with a depth of 30 feet at mean
low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry with sprinklers.

One transit shed 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, 88,000
square feet each, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: Paved open storage, 60,000
square feet, shipsidc and adjacent to transit sheds
and warehouses.

EXPORT: Grain Loading Facility.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with
detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cot-
ton clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full palletiza-
tion of cargoes.

Tractors and trailers.

Bagging equipment for bulk fertilizer.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks for
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for easy access into transit sheds and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Proposed for later date.

CHANNEL: Thirty-foot channel from dock to ocean;
three and a half miles from terminal to sea buoy.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity ami I ; cdcrall\ -ap-
proved potable water supply at shipsidc.

Served by Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Co.
One interstate truck line on property, and served
by numerous highway motor transportation com
panics.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

THREE Ncwh Constructed I .S.'l . Ramps.

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O. E. DuRANT

SHIP CHANDLER

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Columbia Rope

International Paint

Socony- Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.

Wilmington, N. C.

Telephone 4232
Water & Market Sts.

CAPE FEAR
TOWING COMPANY

TUG SERVICE
MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Office Phone 2-3073 — Night 2-2762

WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

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AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring; bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

Complete Banking Services .

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We offer you Import and Export Letters of
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Travelers Cheques and Letters of Credit.

Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Co.

Established 1900
Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Reserve System
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Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
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MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

TELEPHONE 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS
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Peter B. Ruffin

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MOREHEAD CITY. NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN, President W. P. EMERSON, Vice-President

W. D. WILLIAMS, Secretary J. P. WILSON, Treasurer

Wilmington Shipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
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LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 270
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C. S. P. A.

May, 1955

Volume I, No. 6

SELL YOUR STATE PORTS

This magazine is intended to be read by at least ten people. Please pass it
on when you are through.

(contents

Specialized Handling and Service - 4

N. C. S. P. A...... 5

Strong But, Oh! So Gentle 6, 7

Sunny Point Terminal — - 8, 9

Morehead City State Terminals 10

Cleanliness Reflects Careful Handling 1 1

Specialized Handling 12, 13

Efficient Unloading 14, 15

Careful Handling Adds to Value 16

Careful Handling Means Good Monkey Business 17

Port Facilities, Wilmington 20

Port Facilities, Morehead City. 21

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing 618

New York 6, N. Y.

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS
New York Representative

COVER

Personalized and specialized attention in handling cargos. is an every day
service at the North Carolina State Docks. The same care is given to a
cargo of monkeys that arrived from India aboard the S. S. Steel Traveler.

PHOTO BY W W SHAW

specialized

HANDLING AND SERVICE

Throughout the nation, ports boast about their facilities, their services, and their potentials, for handling
cargoes for any industry.

North Carolina State Docks also boast in the same manner, but unlike so many others, the Docks of North
Carolina are also boasted about by shippers, importers, exporters, ship captains, freight handlers and many others.
They boast about the modern steel and concrete docks and wharves, and the clean condition of all the facilities,
which include the new transit sheds, warehouses, and fumigation plant.

They also boast about the services, which usually
result in a saving to them and eventually to their
customers.

But most of all they all boast about the handling
that their cargoes receive at the North Carolina State
Docks — specialized handling that always means a
great deal, dollar-wise, to the shipper because of the
minimum damage to commodities that are being im-
ported or exported. As a shipper of imported fertilizer
said as he viewed his thousands of tons of cargo being
unloaded at one of the State Docks, "Specialized handl-
ing is just one of the many outstanding services pro-
vided at the State Docks, and because of this care in
handling and the efficiency of moving my bagged
fertilizer, my company saves money which we eventual-
ly pass on to users of our product, the farmers. This
saving is a result of the little or no damage to our prod-

uct, and the good condition in which the farmer re-
ceives his shipments."

"Your methods of handling and storing tobacco are
the best yet that I've seen anywhere," said a represen-
tative of one of the South's leading tobacco companies.

A ship captain who had sailed the seven seas for
many years recently sailed his ship into one of North
Carolina's ports, and after docking remarked, "It was
apparent even from a distance, as we approached your
dock, that you people certainly give care in handling
your cargoes. This was reflected by the cleanliness of
your entire wharf. It is one of the cleanest docks that I
have seen in this world."

The North Carolina State Ports Authority is proud
to have others boast about them, because it is their
policy to give the same care to all cargoes being handl-
ed, as the care the shipper would give; and because

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Modern Scale House at Wilmington State Docks, for weighing trucks and rail freight cars

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N. C. S. P. A.

"Cargo tonnages through the North Carolina State
Docks at Wilmington for the month of March exceeded
the amount handled during the first six months of
1954," said Colonel Richard S. Marr, Executive Di-
rector of the State Ports Authority.

For the second time in one week recently the State
Docks at Wilmington enjoyed capacity business. The
modern wharf was filled with three ships, one loading
North Carolina products, such as pine logs for Holland,
woodpulp for England, Germany, and Belgium. An-
other ship was unloading a full cargo of Cal-Nitro.
This fertilizer from West Germany arrived here for
distribution to the agricultural industry of North and
South Carolina and other bordering states. Down the
wharf was a third ship loading scrap metals for ex-

port to Europe, much of which returns as agricultural
hardware for use in the state.

Colonel Marr also said, "Since, over a year this is
the first time that three commercial ships have been
worked at the 1,500-foot wharf, and it is gratifying
to have two such events happen in one week. From all
sources of information, gathered from various industries
now bringing cargoes through the docks, and from oth-
ers who contemplate shipping through North Carolina
ports, we can look forward to many more such busy
shipping days at our North Carolina State Docks."

"Agricultural hardware imports into North Carolina
and bordering states are also on the increase through
the State Docks at Wilmington," said Marr. The rea-
sons for these additional tonnages of hardware com-
modities for the farmers of the Tar Heel State, Ten-
nessee, Kentucky and Virginia are the economy result-
ing from scheduled sailing from Europe, the shorter
hauling distances within areas of the ports for distrib-
utors, and the savings that come with deep water trans-
portation. These factors all added together mean that
the Tar Heel farmer and his neighbors in other states
are benefiting by having their shipments from overseas
come through the ports of North Carolina.

The president of the American Hardware & Equip-
ment Company, of Charlotte, stated, "That the savings
that result to his company by importing his agricultural
hardware through the State Ports eventually are passed
on to his customers, the farmers of this state and other
states."

A representative of the Steel Products Supply Com-
pany, of Wilmington, reported that their increased
sales of imported hardware is at present being shipped
via truck and rail to points in North Carolina, Tennes-
see, Kentucky and Virginia, and that because of the
many advantages in shipping through North Carolina
ports, these cargoes are expected to increase even
more.

Most of the imported hardware that goes to the ag-
ricultural industry is made up of the following items:
wire fencing, barbed wire, nails, hinges, fence posts,
and other farm hardware needs.

Colonel Marr added that agricultural hardware from
Europe is destined for the farmers of the Carolinas,

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STRONG

Recently, one of America's leading public individuals said, "As shipping business competition grows keener
for world markets and the margins of profit are narrowed, it is often the ability to deliver 'in good order' that is the
criteria for placement of contracts for goods and materials."

The other day a representative of the Cummins Diesel Sales Corporation, Mr. John Faunce, Manager of the
High Point, North Carolina office, visited the State Docks and in a discussion with several officials of the State
Ports Authority, he said, "Your Diesel-powered freight engines are a symbol, not only of careful handling, but per-
fect shipping. The ease of handling cars in your yards by Diesel engines does decrease many factors that cause
damage to goods carried. The shock that usually is made upon coupling and uncoupling cars from the engine or

CARE IN HANDLING I!

. . . but, Ok! so Gentle

each other is reduced to such a minimum by the gentleness and ease with which Diesels move in starting and
stopping.

"Here at the North Carolina State Docks," he added, "you not only handle with care, but because of this
care you eventually handle freight faster, easier, and safer. This ultimately means not only a saving in time, but
money as well, and most of all it results in satisfied customers."

As Mr. Faunce departed the docks, he remarked, "Remember that your Diesels are very strong, but also very
gentle, and we are proud to serve your docks where cargoes arc given specialized handling and service."

A MUST AT N.C.S.P.A.

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Sunny Point — Air view of Wharf No. 1 looking north. Land point in mid-back-
ground inspired Sunny Point, name of old plantation which existed there years ago.

PHOTO BY ART NEWTON

SUNNY POINT TERMINAL

£aled €oei Suilt

The Sunny Point Army Ammunition Loading Term-
inal, currently nearing completion on the lower Cape
Fear River, represents maximum engineering tech-
niques in design for efficient cargo movements and
safety of operations.

Colonel William A. McAleer of the Army Trans-
portation Corps, a career officer with some 1 5 years of
service who assumed command April 1, views the
three-wharf terminal as "the safest ever built" concern-
ing the conservation of manpower and protection of
property.

Years of Transportation Corps and Corps of Engi-
neers experience and "know huw" have gone into the
planning and building of Sunny Point Terminal.

While the type of handling equipment and the
methods to be applied are in the planning stage at this
time, Colonel McAleer foresees generous use of the
ever reliable lift truck coordinating with normal ship
gear in shifting ammunition from rail and truck car-
riers to ships' holds. There are indications that some
new ideas will be added to time tested practices when

operations get underway later this year. What these
innovations will be is a matter yet to be determined.
The Pennsylvania-born CO, however, has some very
definite convictions about how bombs and shells should
be handled to assure safe arrival at destinations as well
as to protect handling personnel. He would, after years
of similar responsibilities in the States and overseas in
World War II and the Korean War.

Designed and under construction by the Wilmington
District, Corps of Engineers, the fire protection system
for wharves offers push-button service in emergencies.
Skirting both the waterside and landside of each wharf
is an 8-inch water main insulated with molded fibre-
glass covered with an aluminum jacket. This covering,
plus water kept warm in winter by thermostat control-
led electric coils in tank atop the service building and
circulated round-the-clock by pumps, assures a temp-
erature of not lower than 40 degrees at all times. Such
an arrangement eliminates the possibility of freezing.

When in standby, mains are filled with domestic
fresh water but switch to river water automatically in

an emergency. In the event of a power failure, auxiliary
diesel motors take over automatically without loss of
pressure. Hose houses are located at intervals along
the landside of wharves with push-button switches to
provide instant water flow when the need arises. The
system incorporates automatic valves which prevent the
forcing of river water into the domestic system, reser-
voirs of which are located a mile or better inland from
wharves.

In view of the corrosive nature of the atmosphere
and unusually long spans, designing engineers chose
aluminum wire with a steel core for the electric power
distribution system. Copper is more vulnerable to cor-
rosion than aluminum and, too, the supply of copper
was critical during the design period. The most redeem-
ing feature of the system, however, concerns voltage.
In lieu of planning a system using conventional 12,-
4 70 volts, designers chose 23,000 bolts. This plan as-
sures ample power to wharves, the most distant points
of consumption from the sub-station and is more econ-
omical in cost.

Regular "street" lights on the landside of each wharf
are dwarfed by four 84-foot towers on the waterside
with 12 1,500 watt flood lights on top of each tower
providing light for 24-hour operations when necessary.

Another of the more significant features of the
Sunny Point Terminal concerns railroad trackage on
wharves. The single line ingress-egress route spreads
to three lines on wharf decks. Between the outer line
and shipside is a platform built on the level with boxcar
floors. Thus cargo material may be picked up by ship's

gear immediately outside car doors, an arrangement re-
quiring minimum Ufttruck work.

Ships may navigate the area unimpeded and without
coming in close contact with other vessels taking on
cargoes at Sunny Point. Three channels 34 feet Beep
and 300 feet wide branch off from the main 32-foot
river channel and broaden to 800 feet wide opposite
wharves to provide turning basins.

Located on the west side of the river and approxi-
mately 10 miles from deep water in the ocean beyond
Fort Caswell, the terminal site affords ideal shelter
from hurricanes which usuallv spring from the south-
west and heavy blows winging down from the north-
east to vent their power on the old Fort Fisher penin-
sula. Immediately west of the site spreads a virgin
forest to minimize threats of high winds from that di-
rection. Perhaps it should be noteel that the Cape Fear
River and the Sunny Point facilities for mooring offer
a convenient escape from storms and haven of refuge
for ships in distress. But this is not new. Many a mar-
iner has sought out the spacious Lower Cape Fear
River when beset by storms at sea.

With ample water in depth and breadth for naviga-
tion, with wharves constructed for a specific purpose
and with available land and air carriers, Colonel \le-
Aleer feels that the Army's Transportation Corps is in
an excellent position to fulfill the principles of logis-
tics so far as the safe and efficient movement of explo-
sives and ammunition is concerned — what you need,
when you need it, where you need it, and in the quan-
tities needed.

Timber for Sunny Point being unloaded at North Carolina State Ports, Wilmington

=30

The A. C. Monk and
Company main plant at
Farmville, N. C.

PHOTO BY AERO-PIX

Uloielteaa C<fu ^tatelebvninals naOe What Qt lanes
FOR CAREFUL HANDLING OF TOBACCO

"I can highly recommend the careful handling and
storage of tobacco at the Morehead City State Term-
inals," said A. C. Monk, Jr., President and Treasurer
of the A. C. Monk and Company, Inc., of Farmville,
North Carolina.

Mr. Monk has been in the tobacco business all his
life and has kept pace with the growth of the market
through the years. The A. C. Monk Company, which
has its modern main plant at Farmville, is well equip-
ped and is capable of a daily capacity of 375,000 lbs.,
and has a 30,000-hogshead storage area. This firm also
has branches and storage facilities in other areas.

This company has developed into one of the best
known and largest leaf tobacco exporting businesses in
the United States.

The State Ports Authority has been more than proud
to serve the A. C. Monk Tobacco Company and other
companies who have been exporting tobacco through
the State Terminals at Morehead City.

The Terminals at Morehead City are in close prox-
imity to many North Carolina tobacco redrying areas,
and represent a short haul for trucks loaded with to-
bacco destined for the export trade, which usually
means a savings to shippers. This is in addition to the

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PHOTO BY JERRY SCHUMAKER

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Captain Mathias Dahle, master of the motorship
Concordia Sun, said, upon his arrival for the first time
at a North Carolina port to load a cargo for Europe,
"As we approached your docks, I was very impressed
with the cleanliness of your wharves and other facilities.
This appearance reflects the manner in which you must
handle cargoes, and this was verified after I observed
the care with which your workers moved my cargo from
transit shed to and aboard my vessel.

"I have sailed the seven seas and have entered ports
all over the world, and I must say that the handling of
cargoes at the North Carolina State Docks is among the
best I have witnessed throughout the sailing world."

*&*

Yes — even the ocean going steamers get careful attention
at the State Docks. Shortly after a recent storm at sea.
the steamer Radnor sailed into the Cape I ear River to
discharge a cargo at the State Docks. While she was be-
ing unloaded her crew were busy chipping and painting
away the scars that resulted from buffeting she received
from the storm. One of the crcic members said "It was
the worst storm I've ever sailed in."

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SAVES TIME
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Recently, during one of the busy shipping days at
the Wilmington State Docks, when three ships were
being loaded and unloaded at the same time, a gentle-
man who gave the appearance that he knew a great
deal about shipping was observed to be very interested
in the unloading of one ship. This vessel had shortly
before arrived from Germany with a cargo of fertili/er
labelled Cal-Nitro and destined for the farm lands of
the Carolinas and other bordering states.

It was learned a few minutes later that the gentle-
man who was so intently watching the unloading of
the bagged fertilizer was indeed someone well qualified
in the business of shipping and the handling of car-
goes. He was Thomas VV. Davies, representative of the
Synthetic Nitrogen Products Corporation of New York,
the company that brought the fertilizer through the
State Docks.

Although Davies represents a New York firm he lives
in this area of the Carolinas and knows the agricultural
industries of the South as well as he knows shipping.

Shortly after his keen inspection of the methods of
unloading his cargo of Cal-Nitro from aboard ship, he
proceeded to follow the movement of his product from
shipside into the modern transit shed, which is just a
few feet from the ship. Here, in the well-lighted and
very clean temporary storage facilities, Davies watched
as his cargo was handled and stored in preparation for
shipment by rail and trucks. While the ship was unload-

ing his cargo on one side of the transit shed, freight cars
were being loaded with his product on the other side.

It was learned later from Mr. Davies that more than
thirty railroad cars were loaded that afternoon with his
product for shipment to dealers throughout the Caro-
linas for distribution to the agricultural industry.

"What I have seen here at the State Docks is not
only extra careful handling of my cargo, but also ef-
ficient and expedient movement in the preparation of
my product for transportation inland," remarked Dav-
ies, and he added, "Because of care in handling and the
efficient way you people move our product, my com-
pany saves time in distribution, as well as realizing a
savings in money that is eventually passed on to the
farmer. Not only that," he said, "but the farmer receives
our product in good condition, without the loss or dam-
age which usually results from careless handling. That's
important to my firm and me because the farmer is our
best customer, and he appreciates good service as well
as receiving his goods in the best condition possible."
Davies went on to say "Specialized handling is just one
of the many outstanding services provided by the State
Docks of North Carolina, and because of these services,
increasingly more shippers like myself are selecting
the State Docks for import business into the Carolinas."
He also said, "I expect to have more cargoes follow this
first one of the season, through the North Carolina
State Docks."

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W. C. Gardner, of the Jas. I. Miller Tobacco Company, is
shown explaining methods of tobacco sampling to Al. C.
Smith, assistant warehouse superintendent for the North
Carolina State Docks at Wilmington.

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Preparing hogsheads of tobacco for inspection is a
highly technical undertaking and to do this properly,
the State Port's Operation Manager called upon the
services of the Jas. I. Miller Tobacco Company of Wil-
son, North Carolina.

This company sent one of their top experts, W. C.
Gardner, who spent about three days at the Wilmington
State Docks teaching the warehousing personnel the
techniques of properly unpacking and repacking to-
bacco for inspection purposes.

During the time Gardner was at the State Docks, he
spent most of his time with the warehousing staff in
the modern storage plant, which is constructed of
steel, concrete and masonry and is completely equipped
with sprinkler and deluge water systems, which make
it as safe as possible against any fire hazard.

Upon his completion of instruction, Gardner pointed
out to the staff many factors for which they should be
quite proud. He said, "In all my years as a tobacco man,
I have seen many storage plants and many methods of
handling tobacco in all its stages, and I must say that
I consider your storage facilities here among the best I
have seen anywhere. The methods you employ in your
handling of the thousands of hogsheads of tobacco you
have stored here would make any tobacco man proud
to know that you give the same attention and care to
his tobacco as he would."

He also added, "Not only is the handling among the
finest I have witnessed in my experiences as a tobacco
man, but the clean conditions you maintain in your
warehouse add to the value of the tobacco and keep the
infestation rate down to the lowest possible minimum."

Redrying plant and storage facilities of the Jas. I. Miller
Tobacco Company, Inc., of Wilson, North Carolina.

Gaieml ftandliHG

Ttieans Good
ulonheii Business

Jack J. O'Keefe, a representative of Eli Lilly and
Company, one of the leading pharmaceutical firms in
this country, spent a day at one of the State Docks
awaiting a ship from India with a cargo of monkeys
for his company.

This firm in the past shipped all their Simians from
India by air, and this was the first shipment by sea,
through the North Carolina ports. The cargo was con-
signed to one of their plants in Indiana.

Economy and handling of their live cargo were the
important factors in having this company consign their
shipments through these docks.

Shortly after the monkeys were unloaded from the
ship and placed aboard trucks for their trip to the
Hoosier state, O'Keefe remarked, "The specialized han-
dling and care given to this cargo of animals, added to
the economy of deep water transportation, is good
monkey business for our firm. It also means that we
expect to make all our future shipments to Indiana
through your ports."

About two weeks later, another cargo of monkeys
arrived — and as O'Keefe said, we at the State Ports re-
peat — "Careful and specialized handling is good
monkey business." And we add, "It is also good business
for the State Ports and all others who ship through the
ports of North Carolina."

/. J. O'Keefe, of the Eli Lilly Company (center), is shown
discussing the values of careful handling with Henry' Tref-
flich, President of Trefflich's Bird and Animal Company,
of New York. Trefflich, who is one of the nation's hading
importers and exporters of mammals, birds and reptiles,
agrees with O'Keefe that their cargo handling at the North
Carolina Ports is given the care they would give it.

/. J. O'Keefe and Hcnn
Trefflich arc shown await-
ing the docking of the S. S.
Steel Traveler at the Wil-
mington State Docks.

SPECIALIZED HANDLING . . .

(Continued from Page 4)

careful handling, such as is given at the State Docks
is one of the important factors why more shippers are
using North Carolina Ports.

The success of a port's growth requires more than
deep water, or long wharves and equipment. The first
requirement is doing business the right way. The steady
and progressive growth of the N. C. State Ports is re-
sulting from doing business the right way, and this
attitude is carried out not only by the Authority heads
but is displayed by the "ever willingness" to do just a
little more, an attitude that is observed among the for-
warders, brokers, steamship agents, Customs officials,
dock workers, stevedores and the personnel of the Au-
thority.

It is this manner of business that is making the ports
of North Carolina known throughout the sailing trade,
as the "PORTS OF SPECIALIZED HANDLING AND
PERSONAL SERVICE."

IN* >*• 9* ■ • f^» • • •

(Continued from Page 5)

peat moss for the beautiful gardens within this area,
rayon fibres from Europe for the textile mills, carpets
for the rug dealers of North Carolina, powdered cocoa
for wholesalers, and rubber boots that may eventually
be worn by fishermen along the coast and mountain
streams of our state, are a part of the cargoes that ar-
rived at the State Docks over the past few days.

Woodpulp manufactured locally was being loaded
for shipment to the United Kingdom, scrap metals
were being loaded by electro-magnetic equipment
aboard another ship for parts of Europe. Being unload-
ed from a ship that had just arrived from India and
Egypt was burlap for use in the bagging and furniture
industries. Also being unloaded from the same vessel
was a cargo of monkeys, consigned to one of the coun-

try's largest pharmaceutical firms for laboratory re-
search.

The State Terminal at Morehead City also was the
scene of increasing activities. Many new records were
set with the increased numbers of military ships using
the docks during the last few weeks. Tobacco for ship-
ment to European countries is arriving daily at the
terminal, fertilizer for the agricultural industries of the
Carolinas and bordering states is being bagged and ship-
ped inland by rail and truck carriers.

A cargo of fish oil for Germany was shipped directly,
for the first time, out of North Carolina through the
terminals at Morehead City. Petroleum and asphalt
products tonnages have been continuously increasing
with a possibility of setting a new 1955 record for the
Morehead City State Terminals.

Marr said that all these increases in tonnages and
the diversified cargoes coming in for use in this area
of the United States, indicates that importers and ex-
porters are realizing the economy of shipping through
the North Carolina State Ports, and also that their car-
goes are handled with the care they themselves would
give it.

MOREHEAD . . .

(Continued from Page 10)

fact that tobacco handled at the State Ports is given the
same care that tobacco men themselves give.

Handling of tobacco at Morehead City is done on a
mechanized basis with heavy lift trucks, used for rapid
transfer from trucks and freight cars, for stacking that
has been considered the finest by many tobacco men
who ship through the State Terminals at Morehead
City.

The State Ports Authority, whose policy is service,
is pleased to hear from one of the nation's leading to-
bacco men that the handling and storage of tobacco at
the Morehead City State Terminal is considered among
the best.

Philip L. Sullivan, operations manager of the State Docks at Wilmington is shown explaining to Betances Gallardo, represen-
tative of the Puerto Rican Transportation Authority, how savings result for North Carolina farmers by having agricultural
hardware moved through North Carolina State Ports. Gallardo arrived here after spending a year with the New York Ports
Authority. His visit in Wilmington was for the purpose of acquiring information concerning the latest methods of port or-
ganization and operation. Gallardo, who was here for three weeks, will use the information he received for use in the $19-
million port expansion program at San Juan. He declared he was very favorably impressed with the modern facilities and
handling operations of the State Ports Authority.

Another first for the State Docks, three ships are loading and
unloading while a fourth is anchored awaiting her turn.

Still another first for TSJorth Carolina ports — pine logs
from the Tar Heel State are being shipped for the first
time through the State Docks at Wilmington, for deliver)
to Holland. Also being loaded aboard the S. S. HENRY
L/LAIAN is wood pulp manufactured in the state, for
shipment to England, Germany, and Belgium.

Members of the Wilmington Brigade Boys Club give care-
ful handling to mahogany lumber which was present-
ed to them by Col. Richard S. Marr, on behalf of E. N.
Beard of Greensboro, one of the nations leading hardwood
dealers, who made a gift of the lumber to the boys for use
in their wood craft classes.

Commanding General of the New York Port of 1 mbarha-
tion visits the State Docks at Wilmington. General Limes

Glorc is shown talking to Colonel Richard S. Marr, Di-
rector of the Ports Authority (center). Accompanying the
General were Colonel Raymond I . Hill (right). District En-
gineer, Wilmington District. Corps of Engineers, and Col-
onel R. C. Harrcs of the New York Embarkation office.

IVilmincton

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN, Terminal Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the
wharf is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It
is capable of berthing three 500-ft. vessels simul-
taneously, with depth of 32 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE : Three acres of paved open stor-
age, easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two Diesel switching lo-
comotives.

One 40-ton locomotive crane and two 25-ton lo-
comotive cranes.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts of
various sizes with accessories such as cotton clamps,
etc. Light and heavy tractors and trailers and
straddle trucks.

Facilities for full palletization of cargoes.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumi-
gation plant with two chambers of 7,225 cubic
feet each; equipped for HCN and methyl bromide.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Export crating service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Sea-
board Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous
highway motor transportation companies.

Office space available for freight forwarders,
steamship agents, etc.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

ulolekead Ccfy

J. D. HOLT, Terminal Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 2,550 feet long with a 34-foot apron. It is cap-
able of berthing four 500-foot cargo ships and one
Petroleum tanker, with a depth of 30 feet at mean
low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry with sprinklers.

One transit shed 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, 88,000
square feet each, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: Paved open storage, 60,000
square feet, shipside and adjacent to transit sheds
and warehouses.

EXPORT: Grain Loading Facility.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with

detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cot-
ton clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full palletiza-
tion of cargoes.

Tractors and trailers.

Bagging equipment for bulk fertilizer.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks for
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for easy access into transit sheds and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Proposed for later date.

CHANNEL: Thirty-foot channel from dock to ocean;
three and a half miles from terminal to sea buoy.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally-ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Served by Atlantic and Fast Carolina Railway Co.
One interstate truck line on property, and served
by numerous highway motor transportation com-
panies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

THREE Newly Constructed L.S.T. Ramps.

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P. O. Box 322

Telephone 6-3652

R. L. HICKS, Manager

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN, President W. P. EMERSON, Vice-President

W. D. WILLIAMS, Secretary J. P. WILSON, Treasurer

Wilmington Shipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
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Offices At

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P. O. Box 270
Telephone 2-3381

Cable Address
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C. S. P. A.

September, 1955

Volume I, No. 7

Bryan Caldwell, Editor

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

EDWIN PATE
Chairman

RAYMOND A. BRYAN
Vice-Chairman

W. AVERY THOMPSON
Secretary-Treasurer

J. HARRY WHITE
Member

HARVEY W. MOORE
Member

HAROLD F. COFFEY

Member

HENRY A. LINEBERGER

Member

Executive Director
RICHARD S. MARR

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT

STEPHEN S. KOSZEWSKI

E. E. LEE, JR.

WILMINGTON OFFICE

P. O. Box 1619— Telephone 3-1622

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

Terminal Manager

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

P. O. Box 145— Telephone 6-3159

J. D. HOLT

Terminal Manager

WALTER H. FRIEDERICHS
Assistant

SELL YOUR STATE PORTS

This magazine is intended to be read by at least ten people. Please pass it
on when you are through.

Contents

Governor Hodges 4

Philippine Flag Arrives 5

M. S. Stockholm to Sail 6

Loading Tobacco, New German Freighter 7

Visitors from the Orient „ 8

First Shipment of Textile Machinery 9

Fumigation Plant at Morehead City 10

New Gantries at Wilmington 11

Colonel Marr's Statement 12

Comparative Rate Statement „1 3

Port Construction Program 15

Port Facilities, Wilmington 1 6

Port Facilities, Morehead City 17

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COVER

A recent photograph of North Carolina's Governor Luther H. Hodges

GoOeiHCi nonces

STATE PORTS BOOSTER No. I

With his long and successful experience as business-
man, Governor Luther H. Hodges realizes the value to
North Carolina of its two deep water State Ports and
is a frequent and interested visitor at both the State
Terminals in Morehead City and the State Docks in
Wilmington.

His attention to the development of these new facil-
ities and his understanding of the problems that at-
tend their growth are invaluable and inspiring to di-
rectors of the North Carolina State Ports Authority

and to the administration they have installed to operate
them.

Business is increasing at the State facilities, tonnage
figures are climbing, the number of ships calling at
the State Ports is constantly going up. As this happens,
the economy of the state responds to the increased busi-
ness. Thus there is profit for all in boosting the State
Ports, and no one is more convinced than Governor
Hodges, Booster Number 1.

THE STORY OF LUTHER HARTWELL HODGES

Luther Hartwell Hodges was born in Pittsylvania County,
Virginia (just eight miles from his present home in Leaksville),
March 9, 1898, the son of John James and Lovicia Gammon
.Hodges.

Attended public schools in Leaksville and Spray; graduated
Leaksville High School in 1915; University of North Carolina
1919, with A.B. degree (awarded honorary L.L.D. degree
1946 by University of North Carolina).

Worked as office boy in local textile plant, 1910-1911, and
as mill hand summers; and in 1919, after graduation, became

secretary to general manager of local mills; in 1938 was made
general manager of all mills of Marshall Field & Co., and in
1943 he became vice president of the corporation.

Retired 1950, and spent over a year in West Germany as
head of the industry division of the Economic Cooperation Ad-
ministration. Was consultant to State Department in the latter
months of 1951 on the International Management conference.

Head of the textile division of the OPA in 1944, and con-
sultant to Secretary of Agriculture in 1945.

Active in community, State and National affairs through-
continued on Page 14)

North Carolina's

Governor

Luther T. Hodges

and

Mrs. Hodges

Pkiliffi

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Unices

• • •

The S. S. San Vinccnte, which recently called at
Wilmington's State Docks, is the first ship flying the
Philippine flag to use North Carolina State Ports fa-
cilities.

Built in 1919 at Long Beach, Calif., the freighter
is owned by Victorias Milling Co., Manila, and is cur-
rently operated by J. H. Winchester & Co. Wilmington
Shipping Co. served as agent.

Captain Benjamin Gepilano is master of the 5,590-
ton vessel and keeps it in a painted up and polished
condition which belies its age. The Captain, himself, is
a six-footer of Spanish ancestry who boasts a long rec-
ord of service with Victorias.

World War II found him caught in the islands and
kept on the beach, he said. On the morning that Manila
received its surprise bombing, he added, he as chief
mate had entered the examining hall to stand his ex-

'W\

Captain
Benjamin
Gepilano

animation as master in the merchant marine. The first
explosions brought to a halt any further proceedings
in this connection, and it was several years later before
he could find time to resume and gain his certificate.

The San Vincente loaded 4,000 tons of surplus pow-
dered milk during its Wilmington call, a cargo supplied
by UNICEF, the United Nations' agency for children's
relief. India was designated as destination of the ship-
ment.

M. S. STOCKHOLM to sail on JLuxutu Cruises

Offering the ultimate in luxurious travel is a simple
routine for the spotlessly sleek M. S. Stockholm, one of
the crack transatlantic liners of the postwar period,
and Carolinians know it and are taking advantage of it
in droves, as reservations for the Tar Heel Cruises
pile in.

Already sold out is the Caribbean sailing of Novem-
ber 23, but there still remains some choice space on the
three Bermuda cruises earlier that month, according
to latest word.

The luxury liner is being pulled off its Atlantic
schedule and will arrive at the State Docks in Wilming-
ton in time for the first of the Bermuda trips Novem-
ber 4. Additional sailings for Bermuda are scheduled
from the State Docks for November 10 and Novem-
ber 17.

North Carolinians had their first opportunity to sail
from one of their State Ports aboard the Swedish-

American liner last fall when Allen Travel Service of
New York ran a series of cruises departing from the
State Port Terminal in Morehead City. That these
proved a success may be judged from the enthusiasm
of the hundreds of passengers who had nothing but
praise for the ship's accommodations, food, entertain-
ment, and service, while Bermuda, Nassau, and Cuba
were described as island paradises and for shoppers
veritable treasure chests of bargains.

Passengers are served six repasts a day, the sixth be-
ing an enormous midnight smorgasbord. Along with
the usual shipboard concerts, horse races, and shuffle-
board are provided trap shooting, two swimming pools,
and Swedish massage.

The Allen Travel concern is again organizing the
cruises which this year depart from Wilmington and
is handling reservations. Wilmington Chamber of Com-
merce also provides information on the cruises.

Anyone

for

Smorgasbord?

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M. S. Stockholm

Captain

Sjunne Olson

at wheel of

M. S. Stockholm

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. . . NEW

GERMAN
FREIGHTER

One of the newest ships to visit State Ocean Term-
inals at Morehead City is the North German Lloyd's
M. S. Baerenstein, built in 1953, which recently made
a one-day call to load a cargo of tobacco at the State
Port's docks.

The ship, which was launched at Bremen, is named
for a castle on the Rhine and is one of the line's "stein"
fleet which is generally used to serve the South Amer-
ican west coast. Other "stein" freighters are the Brand-
enstein and Bieberstein.

In addition to the latest in freighter facilities, the
Baerenstein has stateroom space for six passengers. The
possibility thus arises of booking transatlantic passage
from North Carolina ports on occasional cargo ships.
Advance information would have to be obtained from
the shipping agent and arrangements made with the
line operating the vessel.

Master of the German vessel, a ship of 5,547 gross
tons, is Capt. Karl Timmermann. He pointed out that
the price of his passenger accommodations is in the
same range as Second Class and Tourist Class tickets
on the great ocean liners. "Our passengers seem very
happy here," he said, mentioning the good food and
spacious quarters.

He served coffee. It was good.

He unlocked a stateroom door and pointed around.
It was spacious. In one room was sofa, chairs, and a
table to form a living area which adjoined a bedroom
complete with two three-quarter beds.

During the call at this port, tobacco weighing ap-
proximately 850,000 pounds was loaded. The cargo
was supplied by an Eastern Carolina shipper and will
be unloaded at Hamburg, consigned to one of Ger-
many's largest tobacco dealers.

PHOTO BY JERRY 9CHUMACHER

^ <u

CAPTAIN KARL TIMMERMANN

At Morehcad City

VISITORS ]lom the Orient . . .

Two official visitors from the Orient have been in-
specting the facilities and administration of the State
Ports Authority with a view toward incorporating some
of the modern methods and equipment in their home
ports.

They are Mr. Chang Shao Chow, deputy director of
the port of Keelung, Formosa, and Mr. Antonio F.
Villacorta port engineer of the Philippine port of
Manila.

Having previously inspected the great eastern ports
of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, both described
those areas as so vast and impressive that they had dif-
ficulty in visualizing the operations there transplanted
to their home areas. With true Oriental courtesy, they
noted that they expected to find no where the adminis-
tration and facilities more up-to-date than at the North
Carolina State Ports. And since the size of the ports did
not stagger their imaginations they believed very great
benefit would come of their inspection. They also
found it very valuable to view facilities which were
built with the idea of future expansion expressly incor-
porated in their plans.

While the size and importance of the port of Manila
are well-known to Americans, it is not so widely realiz-
ed that Keelung is one of the busiest ports of the Far
East. Mr. Chang pointed out that over 90 per cent of

all imports coming to Formosa — and this includes mili-
tary equipment for the armies of Chiang Kai-Shek —
move through Keelung. Mr. Chang made it clear that
the ideas he would carry back would benefit not only
his Formosan port but also the ports of mainland China,
when Chiang's forces could land and take over, which
he firmly believes will come about soon and by internal
uprising.

As an engineer, Mr. Villacorta is particularly in-
terested in the construction and maintenance procedure
he inspects. The port of Manila has two current prob-
lems, he explained. It is still cluttered with sunken
ships left from World War II, and the busy southern
part of the port suffers from overcrowding. It will be
his job to recommend new and improved facilities for
the northern section of his harbor, and he is conse-
quently looking into the most modern methods of con-
struction and the most efficiently performing installa-
tions.

The two Oriental gentlemen spent a week on their
visit to North Carolina. They centered their attention
on S.P.A. headquarters and thoroughly inspected the
State Docks and the State Terminals. In addition they
made inspection trips to the mothball fleet and as
guests of Col. William A. McAleer, to the Sunny Point
Army Ammunition Loading Terminal.

At Sunny Point

ji'id ^kibmetxt ok textile Hlackivie\\i

UTILIZES S. P. A. . . .

The first movement of textile machinery through
the State Ports, which was observed recently, marks the
agency's entry into a field that is expected to grow into
one of major importance.

The modern port facilities near the heart of the
textile business are believed bound to attract continu-
ing and increasing shipments of similar cargoes. In
fact, more shipments of textile equipment are tentative-
ly scheduled for later this fall.

On hand for the inaugural shipment were two
Charlotte business executives instrumental in moving
the machinery through the State Ports, W. A. Thoma-
son, Jr. and W. Pat Hall.

Mr. Thomason is president of Thomason Textile
Service, Inc., which assembled the order for foreign
purchasers, and Mr. Hall is president of Hall's Textile
Machinery Co., which manufactured and hauled the
cargo to Wilmington.

The machinery was loaded aboard the S. S. Crete
Avon to be landed in Rotterdam, with Enschede, The
Netherlands, as destination. Consignee is J. F. Scholten
& Zonen, N. V., which is setting up the first cotton
mill in Europe to be completely equipped with Ameri-
can machinery. Mr. Thomason's company is engineer-
ing the job.

Mr. Hall was most complimentary about the handl-
ing of the shipment at State Docks. "It certainly is a
pleasure," he said, "to deal with a port organization
that unloads your trucks in such a short time. This
means a great deal to us in our effort to keep our equip-
ment rolling."

Mr. Thomason, too, praised the handling at the State
Docks and said he expected to schedule his next ship-
ment through State facilities, later this year.

Plant Taciiitie*
to oe installed
at
Ttlcrlehead Gitxi

Decision has been reached to install a
40,000 square foot transit shed and a to-
bacco fumigation plant at State Terminals
in Morehead City.

The fumigation equipment will be put in
operation as an added inducement to ship-
pers contemplating moving their cargoes
through the State facilities.

There has been a growing demand for
fumigation service from tobaccomen in the
large tobacco-growing areas behind More-
head City, and the location here of such a
plant will attract much additional commer-
cial tonnage through this port.

Detailed planning and the drawing up of
specifications are under way. A single-
chamber structure, equipped for hydrocy-
anic and methyl bromide gases, is envision-
ed, and loads of some 7,000 cubic feet caa
be accommodated in a single operation.

The contract for the dockside transit shed
has been let to Steel Erectors Co. of Char-
lotte and work has already been begun on
footings and foundation. The structure will
be of pre-fabricated steel, manufactured by
Luria Engineering Co. of New York City.
It will be supported by a single row of
columns, and a canopy will be built to pro-
tect cargoes being moved in the area be-
tween the new building and the railroad
tracks.

The transit shed is expected to be finish-
ed this fall.

IMPORT COTTON— This cargo of cotton from India is being f umigaH
ed immediately upon arrival at State Docks. This operation, required
by law, is supervised by Department of Agriculture officers to se

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onto the dock of the waterside transit shed, into the shed, and finalll om
out the other side and aboard ship. A hogshead of tobacco weigh! 05
about 1,000 pounds and 38 are carried in a freight car. Unloading a en

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their procedure is followed. Indian cotton has a staple that is rel-
ely short and thick. It is used with other cottons to give feel and
ilk to such items as blankets and rugs.

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Pat

Plans to buy and install two new gantry
cranes for the State Docks at Wilmington
have been announced, and specifications for
them have already been drawn up.

The North Carolina Division of Purchase
and Contract is expected to ask for bids in
the very near future.

Progress at the State Port has required
the installation of this equipment. Addition-
al business is being offered, and in order to
handle it the cranes have become a pressing
necessity.

With these additional installations, the
schedule of development has run ahead of
the original expansion plans, since it was
formerly believed that one gantry might be
required to operate alone for about a year
before the second crane would become re-
quired equipment.

Gantries perform the heaviest lifts. As
the volume of business expands at the State
Docks, it is noted that in some instances a
cargo offered for handling may contain one
or two items beyond the lifting power of
present equipment. Since the alternatives
are to handle the whole shipment or to de-
cline the business, the need to install the
new equipment has become increasingly ap-
parent.

An even greater increase in tonnage pass-
ing through the State Docks will result .li-
ter the cranes begin operation, it is confi-
dently expected.

ir is a precision operation taking some 20 or 30 minutes, or something
onsiderably less than one minute per hogshead. Photo showing tobac-
a swinging aboard ship was made at Morehead City's N. C. Ocean
terminals.

. . . . Uolonel lYiaVis Statement . . . .

INCREASE COMING
FOR MOREHEAD CITY

Ocean Terminals at Morehead City move an impres-
sive half a million tons annually and are well on their
way for 1955 with over 269 thousand tons shown for
the first half of this year.

Traffic at the State Terminals in the greatest part
consists of bulk cargoes from tankers and includes gaso-
line, oil, and oil products such as lube and asphalt.
Over 151 thousand tons handled the first six months
of 1955 were of this category.

Another great part of the traffic is composed of mili-
tary equipment, usually for the Marine encampments
at Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune. These shipments
for 1955 through June totaled over 114 thousand
tons.

It is in the commercial general cargo field that the
great opportunity for increase of traffic at State Termi-
nals lies. In 1954 over six thousand tons of this cate-
gory were handled, and prospects are excellent for in-
creasing the figure in 1955. The first half of this year
saw more than 3.8 thousand tons pass through the
State facilities here, and cargoes already scheduled to
move during the rest of the year are encouragingly
high.

Tobacco is the product which forms the bulk of
general cargoes shipped through the State Terminals
and is the item to which the facilities especially cater.
To make the Terminals even more attractive to tobacco
shippers, the State Ports Authority has authorized the
construction of a tobacco fumigation plant, specifica-
tions for which are being drawn up. It is expected this
plant will go into operation in the late winter or early
spring, and afterward tobacco shipments will increase
to an even greater level.

SPURT IN TONNAGE
AT WILMINGTON

Wilmington's State Docks has recently moved ton-
nage at a figure dramatically greater than amounts pre-
viously handled, and the increased level of business
is expected to be maintained throughout the year to
make another record, according to present indications.

In 1956, the two gantry cranes which are being
placed on order will go into operation, and another
spurt in tonnage is confidently expected.

During the first half of 1955, State Docks moved
117,605 tons of cargo. This amounts to more than
five times the tonnage moved in the comparable period,
1954.

It is also noteworthy that the amount handled in the
first half of this year is greater than the total for 1954,
which was 104,837.

This high rate of increase will probably not continue,
but there is every indication that the same high level
of business seems most likely for the rest of 1955, to
result in another record year. The tonnages already
scheduled are ample to justify this estimate.

The variety of items that move through the State
Docks has also increased greatly, records show, and
the cargoes already scheduled show that the State facil-
ities will continue to move cargoes of items in the new
fields which have been entered.

North Carolinians are realizing in increasing num-
bers that the State facilities are highly valuable to
them, as business executives of the area increasingly
utilize the State Ports to effect speed and economy.

Statement- showing com-
parison of class rates from
Wilmington, N. C, Balti-
more, Md. and New York,
N. Y. to representative
Carolina and Midwestern
points.

FROM

WILMINGTON,

N. C.

BALTIMORE,
MD.

NEW YORK,
N. Y.

Classes
2

Asheville, N. C.

1.90

1.62

1.33

2.36

2.01

1.65

2.85

2.42

2.00

Charlotte, N. C.

1.46

1.24

1.02

2.16

1.84

1.51

2.60

2.21

1.82

Chicago, 111.

A
B

2.76
2.66

2.34

2.24

1.94
1.85

2.76

2.34

1.94

2.84

2.42

1.97

Indianapolis, Ind.

A
B

2.52
2.42

2.15

2.05

1.77
1.68

2.52

2.15

1.77

2.60

2.23

1.80

Louisville, Ky.

A
B

2.29
2.19

1.95
1.85

1.62
1.53

2.59

2.20

1.83

2.67

2.28

1.86

Milwaukee, Wis.

A
B

2.87
2.87

2.44
2.44

2.01
2.01

2.87

2.44

2.01

2.95

2.52

2.04

St. Louis, Mo.

A
B

2.76
2.66

2.34

2.24

1.94

1.85

3.00

2.56

2.11

3.08

2.64

2.14

Springfield, 111.

A
B

2.76
2.66

2.34
2.24

1.94
1.85

2.92

2.49

2.05

3.00

2.57

2.08

Winston-Salem, N. C.

1.53

1.30

1.07

1.96

1.67

1.37

2.41

2.05

1.69

A — Applicable only on traffic imported from countries not located in Europe or Africa.
B — Applicable only on traffic imported from Europe and Africa.

TAR HEEL CRUISES . . .

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Tugboat Manie maneuvers the cruise ship alongside Ocean
Terminals dock

THE STORY OF
LUTHER T. HODGES

(Continued from Page 4)

out career; organized one of first vocational schools in the
state; taught 10 years in night school.

He has served as lay leader and steward of Leaksville Meth-
odist Church. A Mason, he has been associated with the Boy
Scouts, and is a former commander of his local American Le-
gion post.

Organized and first Secretary of the Leaksville-Spray Rotary
Club, and later Governor of North Carolina Rotary Clubs;
President New York City Rotary Club; International Director
Rotary, 1953-54.

Served as world-wide campaign chairman of the American
Leprosy Society. Served as state chairman for the North Caro-
lina Society for Crippled Children campaign, and the state
Cancer campaign and the state United Fund campaign.

Has been a member of the Y.M.C.A. since 1910; served as
member of the board of Southern Y.M.C.A. Industrial confer-
ence, also Silver Bay conference and Metropolitan Y.M.C.A.,
New York City.

Elected Lieutenant-Governor of North Carolina in Novem-
ber, 1952, and succeeded to governorship in November, 1954.

Married Miss Martha Blakeney of Union County in 1922.
Two daughters, Betsy (Mrs. D. M. Bernard, Jr.) of Anacortes,
Washington; Nancy (Mrs. John C. Finlay) of New Delhi,
India, and one son, Luther, Jr., a sophomore at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

PHOTOS BY CLIFTON GUTHRIE

Tar Heel cruisers clamber up the gangway
Airing the bunting lends note of gaiety

PHOTO BY RAY CONNER

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Don't UNDERESTIMATE

the Pdt Construction i\oa^am . . .

By ROGER H. GILMAN, Director of Port Development, The Port of New York Authority
(Reprinted from WORLD PORTS June 1955 Issue)

For many years prior to World War II, only a modest
amount of construction of piers and wharves was un-
dertaken in the United States. There has therefore
been a tendency to be critical of the port industry at
large. "Woefully inadequate" and "Fifty years behind
the times" are phrases still used today. Such catch
phrases of papers presented five and ten years ago, are
today misleading. A noteworthy building program has
been underway in the last few years.

At the Port of New York Authority, we have follow-
ed these programs closely, with constant research from
published sources on what is actually being built in the
nation's harbors, not the dream plans for future proj-
ects. Our figures are necessarily on the conservative
side since many improvements, especially private and
industrial construction, are not adequately publicized.

We carry on this research in order to obtain a rela-
tive measure of what has been accomplished in the
New York-New Jersey Harbor, where $90,000,000 has
been spent on waterfront improvements since the end
of the World War II. We are quite proud of the many
new and modernized facilities that the Port of New
York has to offer.

Our research discloses that in the ten years since
World War II, a total of some $485,000,000 has been
spent on piers, wharves, and docks alone in the United
States for the handling of bulk and general cargoes.
This total figure was expended jFor waterside facilities
only. It does not include many other construction proj-
ects in the broad field of port development which have
also been built at these harbors, such as bridges, tun-
nels, expressways, airports, railroad yards and other
transportation facilities.

These expenditures for waterside facilities include
both public and private construction, that is, funds ex-
pended by public port agencies, as well as funds ex-
pended by private industry for marine terminal con-
struction where these are known. The expenditures in-
clude the cost of structure only, not the cost of cargo

handling equipment, such as cranes, lift trucks and the
like.

The total nation-wide expenditure of $485,000,000
is made up of $183,000,000 spent on construction of
new general cargo facilities with 147 ship berths;
$114,000,000 for the modernization and rehabilita-
tion of existing general cargo facilities; and $188,000,-
000 for specialized facilities such as ore and other bulk
commodity terminals.

The great bulk of this money was spent by state, bi-
state, city or county agencies responsible for port de-
velopment. These public projects were financed in
some cases by revenue bonds and in others by tax-sup-
ported bond issues, without Federal participation. Thus
the local citizenry, through its financial support, has
endorsed the development of the various port areas.

In the foreseeable future, we find no sign that this
nationwide port building and modernization program
will diminish in tempo. In fact, there is every indica-
tion that it will increase. Impressive long-range build-
ing plans continue to be projected at seaboard ports.
The obvious impact of the St. Lawrence Seaway on
Great Lakes port construction, plus the less dramatic
but very real new terminal program taking place on the
nation's inland waterways may well swell the total for
the next ten years far beyond the already impressive
figure for the last ten years.

The function that a -port facility such as a general
cargo pier performs in the transportation system makes
it an indispensable clement in oar overall economx. A
GFNERAL CARGO PIER, BY ITS VERY NATURE.
IS A GENERATOR OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. A
relatively small investment in pier facilities pays hand-
some dividends by increasing all commercial activiti
and enhancing the prosperity of tlie community.

As creditable as the achievement in port develop-
ment has been in the last ten years, our port industry
must continue to develop and expand if the transporta-
tion needs of our dynamic economy are to be fulfilled.

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Wilminctcn

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN, Terminal Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It is cap-
able of berthing three 500-foot vessels simultaneous-
ly, with depth of 32 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE : Three acres of paved open storage,
easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars.

TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with crossovers,
full length of wharf apron; also depressed tracks at
rear of transit sheds and warehouse, entire length.
Storage yard on property for 240 freight cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two Diesel switching locomo-
tives.

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton loco-
motive crane.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts of va-
rious sizes with accessories such as cotton clamps,
etc.

Light and heavy tractors and trailers and straddle
trucks. Facilities for full palletization of cargoes.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Rail and truck docks
for loading and unloading at the transit sheds and
warehouse; ramps for easy access into sheds and
warehouse; portable side and end loading ramps for
rail cars.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumiga-
tion plant with two chambers of 7,225 cubic feet
each; equipped for HCN and methyl bromide.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally-ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Export crating service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Sea-
board Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous
highway motor transportation companies.

Office space available for freight forwarders, steam-
ship agents, and other commercial personnel.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

xes

uloH.eM.zab G(fu

J. D. HOLT, Terminal Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 2,5 50 feet long with a 34-foot apron. It is cap-
able of berthing four 500-foot cargo ships and one
petroleum tanker, with a depth of 30 feet at mean
low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000 square
feet, constructed of steel, concrete and masonry
with sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

A third transit shed, the newest, is of pre-fabricated
steel construction with sprinklers and has capacity
of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, totaling
88,000 square feet,. with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A paved open storage area is avail-
able.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with
detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cot-
ton clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full palletiza-
tion of cargoes.

Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment for the loading of
grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks for
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for easy access into transit shells and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Proposed for later date.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Served by Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Co.

One interstate truck line on propcrtv. and served bv
numerous highway motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on dutv at all times.

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GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in nse at the N. C. State docks
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Wilmington, North Carolina

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Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
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MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

TELEPHONE 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

Peter B. Ruffin

President

W. P. Emerson

Vice-President

William T. Davies

Manager

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WILMINGTON
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Cable Address

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Telephone 3-5161

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Registration No. 223

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In every phase of the agricultural and
industrial development of North Caro-
lina, this bank has been an important
factor.

It has consistently cooperated with the
grower, the manufacturer, the shipper
and the merchant, helping to make
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THE

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"NORTH CAROLINA'S PORT BANK"

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Established 1888

Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Sec. 34.66. P.

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U. S. Postage

PAID

Wilmington,

N.C.

Permit No.

225

SHIP LAUNDRY

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IDEAL LAUNDRY AND DRY

CLEANERS, INC.

FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE 6651

WILMINGTON, N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

Cummins Diesel Sales
Corporation

TELEPHONES 6987-3702

JOHN FAUNCE, Manager

P. O. Box 1586 N. Main St. Extension

HIGH POINT. N. C.

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"HEIDE" MOREHEADCITY-CAROLINA

P. O. Box 322

Telephone 6-3652

R. L. HICKS, Manager

MOREHEAD CITY. NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN, President
W. D. WILLIAMS, Secretary

W. P. EMERSON, Vice-President
J. P. WILSON, Treasurer

Wilmington Shipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 270
Telephone 2-3381

Cable Address
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Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

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WiviKii, 1956

Voi.l we I. No. 8

Bryan Cai.dwkll, Editor

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

EDWIN PATE
Chairman

RAYMOND A. BRYAN

Vice-Chairman

W. AVERY THOMPSON

Secretary-Treasurer

J. HARRY WHITE

Member

HARVEY W. MOORE

Member

HAROLD F. COFFEY

Metnber

HENRY A. LINEBERGER

Member

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RICHARD S. MARR

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT

STEPHEN S. KOSZEVVSKI
E. E. LEE, JR.

WIEMINGTON OFFICE

P. O. Box 1619— Telephone 3-1622

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

Operations Manager

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

P. O. Box 14 5— Telephone 6-3159

J. D. HOLT

Operations Manager

WALTER H. FRIEDERICHS

Assistant

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Ucntents

Cotton Sampling Taught by Experts 4

Spanish Dance and Song 5

Two Nations Meet at the State Docks 6, 7

Visitors from Latin America 8

Tobacco at Morehead City 8

Maidens 9

Wilmington Fumigation 9

U. S. Marines 10, 11

Animals from India Turn Docks into Zoo ._ 12, 13

Tar Heel Cruises Depart from State Docks 14

Colonel Marr's Statement 1 5

Port Facilities, Wilmington 16

Port Facilities, Morehead City 17

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing 618
New York 6, N. Y.

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS

New York Representative

COVER

Boiler parts being loaded for Spain arc sliown at cercmom marking first
utilization of the port by one of Wilmington's newest industrial plants.
Babcoek & Wilcox.

(PHOTO BY CALHOUN)

S. J. Bennett, southeastern
states manager for Robert-
son & Son, who demonstrat-
ed the sampling techniques.

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TAUGHT BY EXPERTS

Experts Teach Cotton Sampling To Warehousing Staff

To the world's cotton trade, Edward T. Robertson
& Son stands in relatively the same position as Tiffany
to the jewelry business. It is virtually a household word.
After that has been said it becomes unnecessary to de-
scribe their organization and services on which stand
a reputation that has taken generations to build.

Consequently it was to Robertson & Son that the
N. C. State Docks hrst turned when it became appar-
ent that import cotton would be a continuing and
growing cargo for this installation. Among the serv-
ices which consignees rightfully expect is the careful
sampling of imported cotton on its arrival, and in this
activity there are techniques and procedures which the
State Docks management felt it necessary to carry out
quickly and efficiently.

When informed recently that a large shipment of
India cotton would again be unloaded here, the Docks
management made arrangements with Robertson &
Son, and these international cotton controllers sent
their manager in the southeastern states, S. J. Bennett,
to be on hand.

By practical demonstration and otherwise, he show-
ed the correct method of sampling and of efficiently se-
curing the bale after samples had been taken. Mem-
bers of the warehousing staff practiced under Mr.
Bennett's eye until they convinced him of their under-
standing and skill.

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Left top — Expert advice on securing the hale properly after
sampling helps warehousing staff master the procedure.
Left bottom — Inspecting a bale that has been sampled and
secured are Port Manager Sullivan, Mr. Bennett and ware-
houseman.

Beloiv — Cotton samples from various sections of a bale are
looked over before being divided and sent to consignees and
other parties interested in the shipment.

(PHOTOS BY OOBSON)

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SPA was celebrating: the first cargo was moving
from the Wilmington plant of Babcock & Wilcox over
the State Docks. B. & W. was celebrating: the first
cargo of boiler components ordered by Westinghouse
International was being delivered. And Westinghouse

was celebrating: the movement of this cargo meant the
start of building a multi-million dollar plant in north-
ern Spain. So there was a gala ceremony complete with
dancing, speeches, and feasting.

. . . two nations THeet at the Qtate

Editorial Reprinted from The Wilmington Star

The meaning of world trade was brought home
dramatically to Wilmingtonians who attended the well-
arranged ceremonies, on the docks of the State Ports
Authority's terminals, marking the loading of 400 tons
of boiler components aboard the Spanish freighter, SS
Motomar, yesterday.

This equipment will become part of the multi-mil-
lion dollar Central de Lada power plant in northern
Spain.

When this plant goes into operation, it will be com-
parable in size and output to the recently completed
project of the Carolina Power and Light Company at
nearby Mt. Misery. Its supply of electricity it going to
mean a better life for untold thousands of Spaniards.

Already, it has meant a richer life for many Wil-
mingtonians.

Here is where the boiler components were made by
Babcock and Wilcox Company and sold to Westing-
house International. But this would not have been en-
couraged locally without the deep-water shipping fa-
cilities of the State Port. The terminals were one of
the reasons B. & W. selected Wilmington as the site
of the new plant.

Thus the value of the State Ports in terms of local
employment was emphasized anew.

But that wasn't all.

The ceremonies yesterday were marked by a warm
spirit of international goodwill. Here were the people
of one country doing something for another with the
result that the living standards of both will be raised.
Nations cannot fight when that spirit prevails. As one
speaker pointed out, this was a sincere effort for "ever-
lasting peace." The keystone was the docks upon which
those words were spoken.

To those present who have worked for unlimited
realization of the State Ports dream, the significance
was thrilling. Here, with the ship at the wharf and
the cargo swinging aboard, was the State Ports story
in action. All the promises of a better economy for
North Carolina were being fulfilled. But, above and be-
yond past dreams, the factor of trade for peace was
being activated.

The scene was one in which thoughtful North
Carolinians could not escape a feeling of abundant
pride. In those comparatively few minutes, Wilmington
was tied closely with Spain in a bond which we be-
lieve and hope will be strengthened as both work for
the best interests of the other.

John H. Jacobs, special representative of Westinghouse Inter- Another key went to W. D. Sullivan, Vice-President of Bab-

national, received a key to the city from Wilmington's Mayor cock & Wilcox. B. &- W. located its North Carolina plant in

Dan D. Cameron. Wilmington in order to have access to deep water facilities for

overseas shipments.

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Chief speaker was Edwin Gill, State treasurer,
shown at right, with Colonel Marr, center,
handing presents of North Carolina origin to
the ship's captain for delivery to the mayor of
Gijon, northern Spanish port where the cargo
will be discharged. Mr. Gill said that with the
joining of industry and transportation, as witnessed
by the day's event, North Carolina can grow to take
its place as leader among the 48 states.

The captain's luncheon for three dozen business leaders and local and state officials topped off the ceremony with a menu of
rare Spanish delicacies. The captain introduced officials of Garcia & Diaz of New York, who operated the vessel on this voy-
age, and of Wilmington Shipping Co., local agents. (Insert^) The serious business of loading continued through the cere-
monies and afterward. The boiler parts are not particularly heavy but are big and require considerable care in handling.

Visitors

FROM LATIN AMERICA

Three Guatemalans, visiting this country under the
Government's Point Four program, studied procedures
at the North Carolina State Ports before returning
home to manage their brand new facilities at Puerto
Santo Tomas.

They are Mamerto Marroquin, Francisco Menendez,
and Miguel Angel Quintana and were selected by the
Guatemalan government because of their experience
and background to observe operations at a number of
United States ports. Their purpose was to master the
most modern techniques of port management in order
to transplant them to their Latin-American installation.

The three interviewed officials at Wilmington's
State Docks and at Morehead City's Ocean Terminals,
and talked at some length to officers of Wilmington
Shipping Co. and Heide & Co.

Their visit to the State Ports finished their period of
study, which had taken them to a wide variety of
Southern ports along the Gulf and in South Atlantic
states. The dedication of the Santo Tomas facilities is
scheduled soon after their- return home, early this
vear.

(PHOTO BY 8CHUMACHER)

The Gloria and the Aki Maru, along
with the Tuebingen shown on oppo-
site page, are three recent ships to
call at Morehead City Terminals for
tobacco.

Signing ship's papers takes attention
of Aki's skipper, Capt. T. Hoshi,
whose severely furnished cabin is
livened by picture of dancing girl.

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AT MOREHEAD CITY

Tobacco shipments out of Morehead City's Ocean
Terminals brought calls from 1 ships during the year
and a tonnage movement amounting to almost nine
million pounds. This is a gain of more than one mil-
lion two hundred thousand pounds over the tobacco
tonnage exported the previous year, when this business
brought four ships to the State Terminals.

In 1955 the tobacco total amounted to 8,998,000
pounds and in 1954 to 7,756,000 pounds.
(Please turn to Page 18)

Guatemalans inspect facilities at Morehead City with opera-
tions manager. (photo by Schumacher)

Tobacco warehousing at Ocean Terminals is new service in-
augurated recently and expected to quardruple this year.

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A Hamburg-American Line freighter, the Tuehingcn, arrives
at State Terminals on the fourteenth day of its maiden voyage.
Its master, Capt. Wenk, is shown center.

(PHOTO BY SCHUMACHER)

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to shipping

Ships on their maiden v»
State Ports to pick up oargoe
glistening forma the ncwe
lines of long tradition.

It was the MS Tuebink-n ipf the Hamburg-America
line that'trcd ub at MorehcarJ City's Ocean Terminals
and loaded tobacco. Another *fir«" \tas observed at
this event, the (first! movement of tobacco from More-
head City to Holland. Paijt of thp load was to be dis-
charged at Rptjteraain. Often teforey tobacco cargoes
had been solicited kpV the Dutch: tracty-, but this was
the beginning for. s^cli rnovepj^nt and thus proved
something of A milestone in the progress^of the port.

To the Tuebingen's skipper" there was nothing new
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Tugs maneuver the Rita Maersk alongside the State Docks, it is tied up, the gangway comes down, and the master, ). C. Lindberg, goes ashore.

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Sometimes it is cotton imported from Egypt or
India, and sometimes it is export tobacco, that is load-
ed on the trailer trains at N. C. State Docks for fumi-
gation. But the procedure remains the same. Assistant
Warehouse Supervisor Al Smith backs through the
fumigation chamber and directs the driver. The doors
are closed and dogged down. Then the gas, hydro-
cyanic in this case, is turned on. Watching every step
of the process to check time and pressure is a represen-
tative of the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Plant
Quarantine branch. The officer shown below is Q. L.
Chapman of New York City.

U. S. MARINES

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The Second Marine Division poured personnel and
equipment through Morehead City's N. C. Ocean
Terminals day after day as it embarked to participate
in Lantphibex, the season's major amphibious exercise,
which was climaxed in storming ashore a little farther
down the coast at Onslow Beach.

Before embarkation was completed, 7,000 Marines
and their trucks, tanks, cranes, and other material
loaded on 39 ships.

Motor convoys poured into the area from Camp
Lejeune and took over a staging area of some two

million square feet at the Terminals. From there the
loading proceeded at the Terminals' live berths and
three LST ramps.

The State Docks at Wilmington participated in the
operation to a smaller extent, as four ships connected
with Lantphibex tied up there for loading.

Top officers of the Second Marine Division em-
barked at the Ocean Terminals — the commanding gen-
eral, Gen. Reginald H. Ridglcy, Jr., aboard the USS
Taconic, and assistant division commander, Gen. Wal-
lace M. Greene, aboard the USS Cambria.

/. At mid-loading point, SS Siher Manner, chartered for mili-
tary duty, tics up in, tli r direction of L SS Cambria, shown

how on, while tanfs in lu.c I'/roifid ,ircai,t from Staging
area toward LST'docRi to 'ocil ai >ard qmvhihioui 'trjift. .

2. Mobile cranes, probabty the most awkward vehicles to. Be

handled, move smoothly cjboard the LSI S. ; ' •
i. The Marines' tanks line Up' ml Staging' arfa,'ticjnre being
loaded on hoard a variety of vessels.

4. The military movement engulfs Wilmington's State Docks
to a lesser degree, as vehicles swing aboard the Capricornus,
there, where four transports loaded.

5. Gen. Greene, assistant division commander, is piped on
board the Cambria at the Terminals docks.

6. Gen. Ridglcy, commanding the Second Marine Division,
(standing) boards the USS Taconic at State Terminals and
immediately begins going over battle plans.

7. Trucks and trailers move on board an LCU and LST.

8. And there's always the ammo. Net after net carries Marine
mortar ammunition onto the Navy transports.

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TURN DOCKS M ZOO

When the Isthmian freighter Steel Surveyor tied
up recently at the State Docks, arrangements had been
made to unload a rhinoceros of an unusual yellowish
color named "Golden Boy."

At the last minute, it was decided to move ashore
all the wild animals from India that the ship was
carrying; so 11 baby elephants and crates full of
snakes, birds, monkeys were lifted over the side and
onto the wharf.

Visitors who had come to admire the rhino were
treated to a view of a practically full-blown zoo.

On hand for the unloading was F. J. Zeehandelaar,
who heads the animal department of the North At-
lantic Fertilizer & Chemical Co., Inc., of New York.
It was his company which had contracted for the ship-
ment. His letter recalling the event came to the SPA
executive director a short time later. It is reprinted, as
follows :

Dear Col. Marr:

Only today I find the time to write you a letter in
reference to the recent unloading of live stock at the
port of Wilmington, North Carolina, ex the S/S "Steel
Surveyor." I have been very much tied up both with
the livestock from this shipment and with the annual

PASSENGERS TOO ARRIVE ON ANIMAL SHIP

One of the most interesting passengers to land is young Miss
Gurdip Singh of New Delhi. She is an exchange student and
is spending the winter at school in Atlanta as guest of the
Atlanta Rotary Club. Shown above she is being greeted by her
Wilmington host, Graham Walton, who as president of Wil-
mington Rotary arranged her transportation to Atlanta.

convention of the American Institute of Park Execu-
tives which was held shortly thereafter in Louisville,
Ky.

I wish to express my highest appreciation for the
most efficient and helpful way in which this matter
was handled, particularly under the unusual, difficult
circumstances which do not have to be recalled at this
time.

You are familiar with the problems that came up
only a few hours before docking of that steamer and
with the many problems that arose in addition during
the unloading of the steamer. Furthermore, the unload-
ing of a cargo of wild animals is always a complicated
matter; the unloading of such a cargo under the cir-
cumstances at that time is more complicated than any-
thing else.

The North Carolina State Ports Authority, the offi-
cers and employees, did a most wonderful job and
many of them rendered assistance far beyond their
duty and in some cases even without special remunera-
tion as far as we are concerned.

The whole procedure was in striking contrast to any
other port in the East Coast of the United States where
we have previously unloaded such cargoes. All laws
and regulations that apply to all aspects of such an un-
loading and particularly to such an unloading under
such strange circumstances were applied with common
sense and cooperation as I have never seen before. This,
of course, also refers to the agencies and parties that
are not under your control, such as immigration, cus-
toms, Department of Agriculture, Coast Guard, steve-
dores, custom brokers, ship chandlers, longshoremen,
etc.

I will appreciate if you will in some way find a pos-
sibility to express my sincere gratitude to everyone con-
cerned . . .

If at all practical in the future and if steamers out
of foreign countries are in line for our shipments and
are touching Wilmington, we shall try and use your
port facilities again.

Sincerely yours,

NORTH ATLANTIC FERTILIZER
& CHEMICAL CO.

/S/F. J. Zeehandelaar

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"Golden Boy," a brownish yelloiv rhinoceros weighing well over a ton, posed a problem. He and his sturdy
cage had to be swung onto the dock and lifted into a covered truck. The beast kept still while his cage was in
the air and the lifts were carried out with ease. Wilmington Shipping Co. was agent and stevedores.

(PHOTO BY CALHOUN)

Capt. G. E. Sundbcrg, master of Isthmian freighter Steel Surveyor, points out the baby elephants to his baby
daughter. Crowds came aboard to gawk at the unusual cargo, and it was rainy and dusk when the Indian
elephant boy got his charges ashore.

(PHOTO BY CALHOUN)

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Flowers for the Governor's wife and a bontonniere for the
Governor. Pinning the flower in place is Mrs. G. B. (Katherine
Harriss) Bycrs, secretary to SPA Director, Colonel Marr.

The Governor says goodbye to A. E. Jones, Chamber of Com-
merce president, just before the ship prepares to sail.

(PHOTO BY CALHOUN)

lal Heel Gtuises
DEPART FROM STATE DOCKS

The Tar Heel Cruises were again scheduled through
a State Ports facility when the Allen Travel Service
chose Wilmington's State Docks as the point of em-
barkation for the 1955 season.

The luxury liner MV Stockholm put out on four
voyages, and Wilmington's Chamber of Commerce
held a celebration to mark the beginning of cruise
season.

Chief speaker at the event was State Ports Commis-
sioner W. Avery Thompson. He pointed out that the
Stockholm was the first cruise ship to leave the city in
30 years and went on to show that through history the
great cities of the world, with no more than a half-
dozen exceptions, were ones with access to water-
borne transportation, whether ocean, lake, or river.

Gov. Luther H. Hodges and Mrs. Hodges made
reservations for one of the trips to Bermuda. It im-
mediately became known as "The Governor's Cruise"
and a scramble for tickets ensued. The North Carolina
Automotive Wholesalers Association booked passage
for its membership in order to hold its seasonal conven-
tion aboard, with the Governor giving the principal
address.

The Governor-General of Bermuda accorded honors
to the North Carolina chief executive, and everything
worked out fine except the weather. Because of a
storm at sea, the Stockholm remained in its Bermuda

harbor to let the high winds pass, and passengers re-
turned to the State Docks somewhat behind schedule.
But the ship reloaded and sailed on the final cruise of
the series later the same day as called for in the original
plans.

Enthusiastic supporters
of the cruise sailings are
Wilmington's Mayor Dan
D. Cameron and Oscar
Breece of Fayetteville,
shown left to right at
Stockholm's gangway, as
visitors leave ship just
before its departure.

Goodbyes to many well-
wishers are said by Gov.
and Mrs. Hodges as they
start up the gangway.

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PHILIP L. SULLIVAN, Operations Manager

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge- systems.

OPEN STORAGE: Three acres of paved open storage,
easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two Diesel switching loco-
motives.

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton loco-
motive crane.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts of va-
rious sizes with accessories such as cotton clamps,
etc.

Light and heavy tractors and trailers and straddle
trucks. Facilities for full palletization of cargoes.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Rail and truck docks
for loading and unloading at the transit sheds and
warehouse; ramps for easy access into sheds and
warehouse; portable side and end loading ramps for
rail cars.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumiga-
tion plant with two chambers of 7,225 cubic feet
each; equipped for HCN and methyl bromide.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally-ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Export crating service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Sea-
board Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous
highway motor transportation companies.

Office space available for freight forwarders, steam-
ship agents, and other commercial personnel.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

TrLcielteab Cc'fu

J. D. HOLT, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 2,550 feet long with a 34-foot apron. It is cap-
able of berthing four 500-foot cargo ships and one
petroleum tanker, with a depth of 30 feet at mean
low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000 square
feet, constructed of steel, concrete and masonry
with sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

A third transit shed, the newest, is of pre-fabricated
steel construction with sprinklers and has capacity
of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, totaling
88,000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area is avail-
able.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with
detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cot-
ton clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full palletiza-
tion of cargoes.

Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment for the loading of
grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks for
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for easy access into transit sheds and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Tobacco Fumigation Plant planned
and expected to start operation in late summer.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside.

Served by Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Co.

One interstate truck line on property, and served bv
numerous highway motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

COTTON SAMPLING . . .

(Continued from Page 4)

The assistance given by the Robertson organization
was of incalculable value, and Robertson again set the
pattern for this special service.

The State Ports, as it always expects to do when-
ever it finds that the need has arisen to perform any
particular service in the best way, sought expert guid-
ance and received it.

There is no question that the policy has paid off.
Following subsequent shipments of India and Egyptian
cotton, letters which were unsolicited and unexpected
have come from the cotton trade saying many pleasant
things. Their theme is this: "Never have we received
more excellent treatment from sampling through ship-
ment; so we will use the State Docks at Wilmington
whenever possible."

TOBACCO AT MOREHEAD . . .

(Continued from Page 8)

The Morehead City Terminals are backed by a
broad area of rich tobacco lands and are consequently
making a strong bid for tobacco cargoes.

In catering to the tobacco trade, the Terminals re-
cently began a tobacco warehousing service when
space for 10,000 hogsheads became available. More
space will be made available this year, and the State
installation will be able to store some 40,000 hogs-
heads, it is expected.

Another service which will be added, in order to at-
tract tobacco shipments, is fumigation. Plans for a
fumigation plant have been drawn up and the contracts
will be let this spring, according to latest information.

Isthmian Steamship Company

71 Broadway New York 6. N. Y.

India, Pakistan, Ceylon
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq
Thailand, Burma
Hawaiian Islands

Malaya, Philippines, Hong Kong
Indonesia, Indo-China, Viet Nam
Alexandria, Lebanon, Red Sea
North Atlantic & Gulf Intercoastal

Wilmington Agents

C. D. Maffitt Company

Tel. Wilmington 6824

The 1955 tobacco movement saw tobacco exported
principally to Germany. However, a long-sought be-
ginning of tobacco export to Holland began late last
year, with a shipment to Rotterdam.

MAIDENS . . .

(Continued from Page 9)

about maiden voyages: He, Capt. E. Valentine Wenk,
had commanded four other ships on their maiden voy-
ages. The fifth was getting to be routine.

At Wilmington's State Docks, the Danish ship Rita
Maersk called on its first trip to load powdered milk for
the Far East.

This sleek new vessel of the famous Maersk Line
was beginning a run between the Atlantic coastal
ports and the Orient and might never return to its
native Copenhagen. At least there are no plans that
it do so. After two years, officers and sailors go home
on leave, but the ship remains on its run.

The Rita is built for speed and cruises at 19 knots.
Its power plant is of the most modern design with a
diesel and diesel exhaust turbine construction.

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FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE 6651

WILMINGTON. N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

CUMMINS

Cummins Diesel
Sales Corporation

P. O. Box 1586 N. Main St. Extension

HIGH POINT. N. C.

JOHN FAUNCE. Mgr. Telephone 2-4136

GREENHEART

Piling. Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK, N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

PROVISIONS. DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

O. E. DuRANT

SHIP CHANDLER

Representative oi

Columbia Rope

International Paint

Socony- Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.

Wilmington. N. C.

Telephone 4232
Water & Market Sts.

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STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
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FORWARDING AGENTS
STEVEDORES
SAMPLERS

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Cable Address

'HEIDE" MOREHEADCITY-CAROLINA

P. O. Box 322

Telephone 6-3652

R. L. HICKS, Manager

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN, President W. P. EMERSON, Vice-Presidenl

W. D. WILLIAMS, Secretary f. P. WILSON, Treasurer

Wilmington Shipping Co.

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809
Telephone 2-3381

Cable Address
WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

PAVING CONTRACTORS

ANY SIZE JOB ANYWHERE

E. B. TOWLES
CONSTRUCTION CO.

DIAL 2-0359
Market Street Road

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General Offices
P. 0. Box 1619, Wilmington

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

EDWIN PATE, Chairman

RAYMOND A. BRYAN
Vice-Chairman

W. AVERY THOMPSON
Secretary-Treasurer

J. HARRY WHITE, Member

HARVEY W. MOORE, Member

HAROLD F. COFFEY, Member

HENRY A. LINEBERGER
Member

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

RICHARD S. MARR

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT

STEPHEN S. KOSZEWSKI
Director of Commerce

E. E. LEE, JR.. Traffic Manager

ACCOUNTING DEPT.

R. A. DeVANE
A ssistant Treasurer

WILMINGTON OFFICE

N. C. State Docks

V. (). Box 1619— Telephone 3-1022
TWX: WM 77

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN
Operations Manager

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

.V. ('. Ocean Terminals

P. 0. Box 145 — Telephone 6-3159
TWX: Morehcad City, N. C. 8782

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Assistant

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing- 618
New York (>, N. Y.

Bowling- Green 9-8389
TWX: NY 1-1111

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS
New York Representative

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N ( . S. I*. A.

Spring, L956

Vol. i -.H. II. No. 1

Bryan Caldwell, E<iit<>,

SELL VOIR STATE PORTS

This magazine is intended to be read by at least ten people. Pleat < pa
it on when you are through.

(contents

Collapsible Cases Replace Familiar Tobacco Hogshead 4
Azalea Festival Crowds Pay Visit to State Docks

Marine Battalion Sails 6, 7

Schoolchildren Watch Shipping 8

Grain is Stored at State Terminals >

Surplus Tobacco Loads for Korea

Deepening Cape Fear 10, 11

Frequent Tobacco Cargoes Load at Ocean Terminals 12. 13

New Construction at Morehead Terminals 14

Colonel Marr's Statement 15

Port Facilities, Wilmington 1''.

Port Facilities, Morehead Citv 17

COVER

Hamburg-America Line's MS Tubingen has called tw
cently at X. C. Ocean Terminals. Hapag and North German
Lloyd (tie sending vessels often ami with increasing
larity to load tobacco here. St, pages twelvi and thirteen.

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(sollabsible Uases Replace Familiar Tobacco Hogshead

The familiar hogshead of tobacco will prob-
ably be with us for years to come, but a new
form of packaging which has many promising
features has appeared and the State Ports
handled their first shipment of leaf in the
new shape.

The shipment was made via the British
freighter SS Torr Head. Its master, Capt. S.
J. Stark, who entertained at luncheon while
in port, is shown in photo at right with his
guests, representatives of Gallaher and Gen-
eral Box and Docks Manager P. L. Sullivan.

Below left is Etheridge Powers of Durham,
representing General Box, with one of the new
cases closed.

Below right are William Carter and M. G.
Hardy of Goldsboro, representing Gallaher,
with open case.

(Continued on Page Eighteen)

Gzalea 'festival Crowds
Pay Visit to State Docks

Wilmington's Azalea Festival activities lapped over to some
extent onto the N. C. State Docks.

Two visiting- Navy destroyers tied up here and held open
house during the festival weekend. The State Docks consequently
were thrown open to visitors, and many made a tour of the
property after inspecting the naval vessels.

While the ships tied up abreast their crews were welcomed
by the enormous uniformed band from New Hanover Junior
High, playing- a program of march music as a dozen majorettes
danced and twirled and swung their batons.

Record-breaking crowds of festival visitors poured on
board the vessels during the hours they were open for inspection.
Two gangways became necessary to handle the traffic, which
one naval officer estimated at 3,000 visitors for one afternoon
and almost that many the next.

Another Festival activity that took place at the Docks was
the construction of parade floats on the property. The location
of this effort changed from place to place as loading operations
called for commodities to move between the transit sheds and
warehouse. But by shifting around to accommodate the move-
ment of cargoes, the parade officials were able to assemble a
half-dozen here.

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MUSICAL WELCOME— The USS New and the USS Holder tied up at the
State Docks during Wilmington's Azalea Festival to hold open house.
The welcome was brassy and musical, and creating much interest were
the uniformed majorettes who danced to march tunes played by a
school band.

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RECORD-BREAKING CROWDS — The public turned out to inspect
the Navy's destroyers during visiting hours. An estimated 3,000
boarded the ships the first day they were open and caused such
a traffic jam that a second gangway was found necessary to
accommodate the stream of interested visitors. Below are shown
some of the parade floats that were assembled at the State Docks.
When this photo was made these were not completed and one
was not yet proofread.

MARINE BATTALION SAILS

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COMPLETELY EQUIPPED — The reinforced battalion loaded everything it would need,
as a Marine spokesman put it, "from bolts to nuts." Using a large part of the
Terminals' open storage space as their staging area. Marines poured in equipment.
With the arrival oi the first naval vessel, loading started and continued through the
night. It was a co-operative effort: Marines worked on the docks while sailors man-
ned the winches and performed the lifts. In less than two days it was all over.
At right, the USS Rockbridge noses out into the channel, with the Monrovia to follow
in a matter of minutes.

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FULL BATTLE DRESS — Personnel
numbering about 1.800 comprised the
battalion of battle-equipped Marines
who boarded at the North Carolina
Ocean Terminals at Morehead City.
Buses and "cattle cars" (shown
above) brought the leathernecks
from Camp Lejeune and they march-
ed on board the Navy transports to
the accompaniment of marital music
played by a military band. Although
the Mediterranean area seethed
with unrest, the Marines seemed less
grim than happy to be heading to-
ward the playgrounds of the Inter-
national Set. although at best they
face a program of practice amphibi-
ous landings and maneuvers with
the U. S. Navy's Sixth Fleet, with
little time scheduled for idling on
fabulous beaches and in gaudy ca-
sinos.

AND WELCOME BACK— Sun-bronz-
ed Marines by the thousands and
their equipment returned from war
games in Puerto Rico when Navy
troop ships tied up at the State Ter-
minals. At right is shown a cargo
net of duffel bags coming off the USS
Chilton.

School Children
Watch Shipping

Frequently groups of pupils from North Caro-
lina schools visit the State Ports facilities to
watch the movement of cargoes and learn about
deep water transportation.

Such groups are made welcome at each State
installation and are given every opportunity to
see the activity. Occasionally, when stevedoring
stops at lunchtime and there is no danger to them,
they will be permitted up close to the visiting
freighters and sometimes on board.

At top is shown a school group from Kenans-
ville on the bridge of the Borgholt, with the chief
mate answering questions about his ship.

The school children at right are from Stone-
wall and are inspecting the machinery used to load
a scrap ship, while the noon break is going on.

Grain Goes into Storage at State Terminals

VACUUM SWEEPER empties truck load of oats grown in Carolinas.

Oats grown in the Carolinas has been moved
by the truckload into a warehouse of the Ocean
Terminals, which is leased by Cargill, Inc., na-
tionally-known grain brokers.

The grain has been ticketed as government
surplus and is expected to remain on hand until
sold abroad, when it will move overseas on gov-
ernment contract.

Trailer-trucks — sometimes as many as 30 a
day — brought the oats, which was moved by va-
cuum equipment from the carrier into the ware-
house. The operation continued for some three
weeks.

When the grain is shipped it will be the first
such movement here in over a year.

The State Ports Authority is well aware of the
value of surplus (CCC) commodity movements.
Such traffic is bringing a growing number of
ships to the State Docks in Wilmington, and the
Ocean Terminals at Morehead City has partici-
pated in this traffic to some extent.

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South Korea was the destination for two shipments
of tobacco through the State Docks, a movement that
solidified after long negotiation and one that resulted
in calls by two freighters of the Iverans Lines.

A total of some 3,000 hogsheads were loaded on
the ships that called about 10 days apart. The leaf
required fumigation, and since truckloads of the kegs
began arriving only a few days before the first ship-
ment, fumigation facilities worked around the clock.

The MV Ivaran, on its maiden voyage, picked up
the first part of the Korean shipment. The remainder
went on board the Borgholt, which was visited during
its call here by a group of schoolchildren. (See oppo-
site page.)

The tobacco moved as a government surplus com-
modity.

The ports of Norfolk and Charleston participated in
this movement to a lesser extent, one partial load going
through each.

CALLS BY TWO VESSELS — More than half the surplus tobacco being
shipped to Korea moved through the State Docks at Wilmington and
required calls by two vessels. The first to pick up some of these
hogsheads was the MV Ivaran, on its maiden voyage (top). The re-
mainder oi the 3.000 hogsheads was loaded some 10 days later on the
Borgholt. It was a busy day for the State Docks when the Borgholt put
in. It occupied the third berth and gave the installation a full house.
(Photo below by Calhoun.)

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WILMINGTON, N.C.

Work On Deepening

Uabe feai Ultavinei

Ready to Commence

Wilmington Harbor's six-year-old channel improvement proj-
ect is scheduled to get underway shortly, according to plans re-
pealed by Col. R. L. Hill, District Engineer of the Wilmington
District, Corps of Engineers.

Plans call for the existing channel, 32 feet deep and 400 feet
wide, to be deepened to 34 feet without any change in the width,
[n the bar channel immediately south of Raldhead Island the
iepth will be 35 feet.

Work on the bar was completed in April by the Government
lopper dredge Gerig. Remainder of the dredging will be by con-
tact, it is presently planned.

The project was approved in 1950 but funds have been with-
held because of more pressing military requirements.

The job involves some 6,000,000 cubic yards of soil and stone
;o be deposited in diked areas in some instances and along the
listant shore in others. The contractor, specifications say, must
lome up with a minimum of 400,000 cubic yards a month.

Shipping interests say the improved waterway will offer
special advantages to petroleum carriers whose larger ships will
)e able to navigate the channel under full load at mean low water.

The additional depth will be a welcome safety measure to
Yeighter captains.

The appropriation has powerful Federal backing and is clear-
ng through Congress rapidly. The work on the river channel
seems ready to start almost any week now.

EARLY EXAMPLE — The Cape Fear is an early version ol hopper
iredges. In background are gas plant smokestacks in Wilmington.
Date of picture is unknown but place, despite debris, is Engineer Yard.
Pi. converted freighter, she was fitted out about 1895 and was among
he first to effect improvements on the Wilmington Harbor bar channel
off Baldhead Island. She had a capacity ol 300 cubic yards.

,EHIGH — Dredge Lehigh is shown below at work on 30-foot channel

jroject at Morehead City. Picture was made in 1936. Any day now

his scene will be duplicated many times over as powerful dredges

begin Wilmington Harbor 34-foot project.

HOPPER DREDGE GERIG— The Gerig. shown in Cape Fear River a 1

Wilmington, is 351 feet long, draws 21.4 feet light and 24.4 -loaded, has

3,000 cu. yd. capacity, crew of 70 and is turbo-electric powered. The

master is Caot. Jarvis S. Midgett, native of Hatteras. N. C.

ARM DESCENDING — First phase of increasing depth of Wilmington Har

bor from 32 to 34 feet began with hopper dredging in the bar channel

below Southport with the Corps of Engineers Dredge Gerig. above.

lowering dragarm preparatory to loading activities.

THE CHIEF — Lieut. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis. Jr.. Chief of Engineers, U. S.

Army, Major General at the time, goes over District activities with

Colonel Hill (right) in office during recent visit.

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Frequent Tobacco Cargoes
Load At Ocean Terminals

Tobacco is proving the most important dry commercial
commodity being handled at the State Terminals, Morehead
City, and sleek, new German freighters are arriving often
to pick up a load of the leaf.

Both Hamburg-America and North German Lloyd are
sending vessels here for this cargo, eight such calls having
been made this year.

MSs BREITENSTEIN and Moselstein are examples of the trim new
vessels that North German Lloyd is sending to pick up tobacco. The
cover photo shows one of the sleek Hamburg-America freighters.
These fast ships take a dozen passengers and call at Dutch and
German ports.

Last year, tobacco cargoes numbered 10, and this was
record-breaking for the young North Carolina state port.
But the figure will likely be bettered in 1956. Tobacco ship-
ments have always increased in tobacco season, which comes
in late summer. Also, the State Terminals have allotted more
space for tobacco storage than previously and consequently
is storing more hogsheads. Experience shows that having a
quantity of tobacco on hand tends to increase the size of
shipments.

The tobacco fumigation chamber which is now under con-
struction will be finished during the coming tobacco season
and is expected to prove a great attraction for additional
tobacco shipments.

In general, the leaf passing through these facilities has
been North Carolina flue-cured, but some of its has been
Kentucky burley. The German freighters have discharged the
bulk of their loads at German ports, either Hamburg or Bre-
men, but the beginning of a movement to Holland has been
seen here and hailed as an encouraging note.

Also encouraging is the movement of smaller shipments
of diversified commodities through the State Terminals, ship-
ments that follow along when the ship has been attracted in
for tobacco. Recent ships here have also taken on fish oil,
oranges, and frozen poultry — in quantities too small, no doubt,
to attract a call but nevertheless providing a heartening sign
of growth.

WHEN THE GOTTINGEN called at State Terminals, officials of the
U. S. Navigation Co. and Hapag's traffic department came along to
inspect the installation. Left to right are Peter B. Ruffin, president
of Morehead City Shipping Co., local agent; H. M. Lampe. general
manager of U. S. Navigation, general agent; Capt. Richard Cammann.
master; Albert Berg, representing Hamburg-America traffic depart-
ment; and J. D. Holt, SPA's Terminals manager.

SOME OF THE SKIPPERS— Shown in their ships are Capt. H. Wechtel
of the Breitenstein and Capt. Hermann Jacobs of the Erlangen, both
masters with many years service in the German Merchant Marine.
To Capt. Jacobs it seems like only yesterday that his freighter was
torpedoed and sunk off Spain during World War II.

SOME OF THE VISITORS— When W. O. Smith & Co. is named freight
forwarder for a shipment through the State installation, its Vice
President Herbert A. Byrne of New York is almost always on hand
to supervise the movement. He is shown at left when the Moselstein
called. At right is John C. Broderick. editor and publisher of the
magazine The Mariner. He visited the facilities to watch the
Gottingen load.

A COUPLE OF 'HOGS' MOVE ON BOARD— The camera catches two
hogsheads of tobacco rising from the docks moving over the hatch
and down into the hold. Stevedoring is done by Morehead City Ship-
ping Co. The German sailor (right) is typical of the teen-age appren-

tice seamen the German lines are training on board their vessel:; to

supply much-needed manpower. Some freighters carry as many as

20 trainees, and this one. like many youths everywhere, is fascinated

by a camera.

UNDERPINNINGS PLACED— The fumigation plant which will be con-
structed at the N. C. Ocean Terminals will rest on the pilings (shown
above) that have been driven deep in the site. First part to be com-
pleted will be the machinery room, and the chamber will arrive
later for assembly.

New Construction
at Morehead Terminals

Two new facilities at the N. C. Ocean Terminals, More-
head City, are expected to go into operation shortly. They
are the tobacco fumigation plant and the new transit shed.

The transit shed, now almost ready, provides 40,000 square
feet of additional space. It is the third shed at this installa-
tion.

The installation of the sprinkler system is now in pro-
gress and the system will undergo various checks and tests
before occupancy.

The fumigation plant is being manufactured in the main
off the property. Visible now are the skeleton of machinery
room and the underpinnings for the gas chamber.

The chamber will arrive in sections which will be fitted
together in a quick operation. The fumigation facility is a
single chamber unit, but oversize machinery capable of op-
erating two chambers is being installed. This will allow the
addition of a second chamber, when demand makes it neces-
sary, without having to replace pumps and other mechanisms.

Indications are that the transit shed will be put to use in
midsummer, while the operation of the fumigation plant is
scheduled to begin in August.

SHED GOING UP — Erection of the Terminals' new transit shed, which
is of pre-fab construction, has continued over the last few months.
The building is now almost completed, only the checking and testing

of the sprinkler system still to go. Above photos show steps in its
assembly, which went ahead rapidly.

Linoleum is New Cargo at Docks

The recent arrival at State Docks, Wilmington, of hand-
made linoleum from Holland was the first time this com-
modity has been imported through the State facilities.

Distributors, Inc., of Charlotte brought in the cargo via
the South Atlantic freighter Southport and the operation
proved such a success similar cargoes are continuing to
arrive.

For the first movement Distributors' official Al E. Money-
han was on hand to watch the operation, along with several

of his customers who will distribute the product through
their North Carolina stores.

Photos below show the unloading and the inspection. Mr.
Moneyhan, the importer, is seen left with Mr. J. W. Smith,
department head of Wilmington's Belk-Berry store.

The importing firm is using the State Docks as distribution
point for supplying their customers for this commodity
throughout the state.

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I DlaVi s Statement

HE STATE PORTS have reached a stage of development five years ahead of original ex-
pectations.

SPA Chairman Pate revealed this when he heard our recent report that both State instal-
lations operated at a profit for the first time during the past fiscal year.

He recalled he was serving in the State Legislature some years ago when the bill to cre-
ate the North Carolina State Ports Authority was presented. "We believed," he said, "it
would take eight to 10 years for the State Ports to start operating in the black. Now, we
see, it has been done in four years."

Channel deepening at both ports will prove beneficial. The Cape Fear project is now
under way, and the Morehead-Beaufort deepening and widening project has won approval by
Congress. In a measure this shows national recognition of SPA achievements and thus is
something of a tribute to our growth.

Growth has taken place at our facilities to such an extent they are somewhat hard press-
ed. We have turned down thousands of hogsheads of tobacco at Morehead City because we
lack space. We have turned away ships and thousands of tons of cargo, including much to-
bacco, at Wilmington because we lack space. We have reached the point at both ports where
care must be exercised in order to retain the flexibility of our facilities.

Reflecting this is the increase of 400 percent in the value of cargo handled through our
installations in the past year.

To meet the demands of growing business we must have additional equipment. Out of
our own funds we have spent a half-million dollars and added a gantry crane at the State
Docks and a transit shed and fumigation chamber at the Terminals. It takes a considerable
period of time to accumulate cash for expanding in this manner. And such expansion is slow
at a time when demands on us are quickening.

Consequently, we have requested funds of the State Budget Bureau. The sum is $4.3
million and would go for permanent improvements. For the Docks at Wilmington, the follow-
ing: a 1,100 ft. extension of the wharf for berthing two more ships, an additional transit shed,
additional warehousing space of 162,500 sq. ft., and a second gantry crane. For the Terminals,
Morehead City: construction of warehouses adding 200,000 sq. ft.

With these facilities we can immensely increase our services to the state.

Wdminaton

N. C. STATE DOCKS
PHILIP L. SULLIVAN, Operations Manager

WHARF : Constructed of concrete and steel, the
wharf is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron.
It is capable of berthing three 500-ft. vessels
simultaneously, with depth of 32 feet at mean
low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS : Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete
and masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE : One storage warehouse of 86,-
100 square feet, constructed of steel, concrete
and masonry, with sprinkler and deluge sys-
tems.

OPEN STORAGE : Three acres of paved open
storage, easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES : One complete weighing station, hand-
ling both trucks and rail cars.

TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with
crossovers, full length of wharf apron; also
depressed tracks at rear of transit sheds and
warehouse, entire length. Storage yard on
property for 240 freight cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two Diesel switching
locomotives.

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton
locomotive crane.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT : Fork lifts
of various sizes with accessories such as cotton
clamps, etc. Light and heavy tractors and
trailers and straddle trucks.

Facilities for full palletization of cargoes.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Rail and truck
docks for loading and unloading at the transit
sheds and warehouse ; ramps for easy access
into sheds and warehouse; portable side and
end loading ramps for rail cars.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fu-
migation plant with two chambers of 7,225 cu-
bic feet each; equipped for HCN and methyl
bromide.

SERVICES : Telephone, electricity and Federal-
ly approved potable water supply at shipside.
Export crating service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Companies and
numerous highway motor transportation com-
panies.

Office space available for freight forwarders,
steamship agents, and other commercial person-
nel.

SECURITY : Security force on duty at all times.

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N. C. OCEAN TERMINALS
J. D. HOLT, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the
wharf is 2,550 feet long with a 34-foot apron.
It is capable of berthing four 500-foot cargo
ships and one petroleum tanker, with a deptli
of 30 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS : One transit shed of 60,000
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry with sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, construct-
ed of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

A third transit shed, the newest, is of pre-fab-
ricated steel construction with sprinklers and
has capacity of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, to-
taling 88,000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area
is available.

TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks wit]
crossover, full length of wharf. Single depress-
ed track full length of rear of transit sheds
and warehouses. Atlantic and East Carolina
Railway freight car storage yard adjacent to
Port property.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT : Fork lifts

with detachable accessories such as barrel

clamps, cotton clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities
for full palletization of cargoes.

Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment for the loading
of grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks
for loading and unloading at transit sheds and
warehouses; ramps for easy access into transit
sheds and warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Chamber being installed

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federal-
ly-approved potable water supply at shipside
Served by Atlantic and East Carolina Kail-
way Co. One interstate truck line on property,
and served by numerous highway motor trans-
portation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

IT CAN HAPPEN HERE
(And Maybe It's About To)

Excerpts from The Port Manager's Page,
The Houston Port Book

Warren D. Lamport writing' in The Houston (Tex.) Port
Book says in part:

The greatest centers of population and industry are concen-
trated in areas which have water transportation facilities avail-
able. Evidence is world-wide, with few exceptions.

Many industries have located in Harris County because
of the availability of water transportation facilities. No com-
plete record is obtainable. However, the industrial plants which
are located on either bank of the Channel (for) a distance of
24 miles have a valuation exceeding one billion dollars, em-
ployed 31,000 people last year, with an annual payroll estimated
at $155 million.

Thus income of those dependent for their livelihood upon
the activities of the Ship Channel, expenditures which take
place in handling tonnages, expenditures for ships' husbandry,
and payroll of industries which have sought locations here pri-
marily because of the availability of water transportation fa-
cilities are important factors in determining the economic
meaning of the Port of Houston . . . The sum total of these
factors produced in 1954 an amount in excess of $340 million . . .

This vast sum is purchasing power — purchasing power
. . . which would not exist had not someone had the courage
and the vision to provide facilities for water transportation.

Collapsible Cases Replace
Familiar Tobacco Hogshead

(Continued from Page Four)

Gallaher, Ltd., moved several thousand cases through the
N. C. State Docks at Wilmington to be discharged in nor-thern
England and Ireland. Gallaher is a widely-known British firm
of tobacco importers and manufacturers.

A case contains some 500 pounds of tobacco and is solidly
constructed of plywood and hinged. This permits the case to fold
flat when its contents are removed. Thus it can be used again
and again, occupying a minimum of space on its return trip.
Its manufacturer, General Box, estimates it is good for at
least eight shipments before wearing out.

ISTHMIAN LINES. Inc.

71 Broadway New York 6, N. Y.

India, Pakistan, Ceylon
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq
Thailand, Burma
Hawaiian Islands
Malaya, Philippines

Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam
Alexandria, Lebanon, Red Sea
Near and Middle East

Wilmington Agents

Wilmington Shipping Co. Tei. Wilmington 2 -338 1

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Will Call at Baltic and Scandinavian Ports
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Wilmington Agents: Heide & Co.

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STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
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FORWARDING AGENTS
SAMPLERS

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STEVEDORES

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WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

Cable Address

"HEIDE" WILMINGTON-CAROLINA
Telephone 3-5161

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 223

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

TELEPHONES 6-4652 & 6-3248

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

Peter B. Ruifin

President

W. P. Emerson

Vice-President

William T. Davies

Manager

W. D. Williams

Secretary

J. P. Wilson

Treasurer

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder Registration No. 376

READY TO SERVE . . .
Your Port Of Wilmington Needs

In every phase of the agricultural and
industrial development of North Caro-
lina, this bank has been an important
factor.

It has consistently cooperated with the
grower, the manufacturer, the shipper
and the merchant, helping to make
North Carolina the prosperous, progres-
sive State that it is.

THE
WILMINGTON SAVINGS
AND TRUST COMPANY

"NORTH CAROLINA'S PORT BANK"

COMMERCIAL • TRUST • SAVINGS

Established 1888

Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Member Federal Reserve System

N. C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

P. O. Box 1619

WILMINGTON. N. C.

BULK RATE

U. S. Postage

PAID

Wilmington, N. C.

Permit No. 225

Form 3547 Requested

SHIP LAUNDRY

ONE DAY SERVICE

IDEAL LAUNDRY AND
DRY CLEANERS, INC.

FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE 6651

WILMINGTON. N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK. N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE

WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

GREENHEART is hightly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fende' systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

CUMMINS

Cummins Diesel
Sales Corporation

P. O. Box 1586 N. Main St. Extension

HIGH POINT. N. C.

JOHN FAUNCE, Mgr. Telephone 2-4136

MARINE — AUTOMOTIVE — CONSTRUCTION — INDUSTRIAL

PROVISIONS,

DECK AND

ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

uRANT

SHIP

CHANDLER

Representative of

Columbia Rope

Wilmington,

N. C.

International Paint

Telephone

4232

Socony-Vacuum Oil Co

., Inc

Wa-er & Market Sts.

DECEMBER

North Carofina State Library

1956

Arrivals from India Are Rita and Her Cats.

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morehead city

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STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

FORWARDING AGENTS
STEVEDORES
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

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Cable Address

"HEIDE" MOREHEADCITY-CAROLINA

P. O. Box 322

Telephone 6-3S52

R. L. HICKS, Manager

MOREHEAD CITY. NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN, President W. P. EMERSON, Vice-President

W. D. WILLIAMS, Secretary f. P. WILSON, Treasurer

Wilmington Shipping Co.

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809
Telephone 2-3381

Cable Address
WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

PAVING CONTRACTORS

ANY SIZE JOB ANYWHERE

E. B. TOWLES
CONSTRUCTION CO.

DIAL 2-0359
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ASPHALT

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AND

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SURFACE
TREATMENT

General Offices
P. O. Box 1619, Wilmington

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
EDWIN PATE, Chairman

RAYMOND A. BRYAN

V ice-Chairman

W. AVERY THOMPSON

Secretary-Treasurer

J. HARRY WHITE, Member

HARVEY W. MOORE, Member

HAROLD F. COFFEY, Member

HENRY A. LINEBERGER, Member

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

RICHARD S. MARR

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT

E. E. LEE, JR., Traffic Manager
and Director of Solicitations

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing 618
New York 6, N. Y.

Bowling Green 9-8389

TWX: NY 1-4414

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS

New York Representative

WILMINGTON OFFICE

N. C. State Docks

P. O. Box 1619— Telephone 3-1622
TWX: WM 77

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

Operations Manager

MOREHEADCITY OFFICE

N. C. Ocean Terminah

P. O. Box 145 Telephone 6-3159
TWX: Morehead City, N. C. 8782

J. D. HOLT. Operations Manager

WALTER H. FRIEDERICHS
Assistant

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C. S. P. A.

December, 1956

Volum.- II, No. II

BRYAN CALDWELL. Editor

SELL YOUR STATE PORTS

This magazine is intended to be read by at least ten people.
Please pass it on when you are through.

(contents

Third Stockholm Cruise 4

Fumigation at Both Ports ">

Families Afloat b

Tapicoa Flour Arrives from Rio

Grain is New Commodity 8-9

Exotic Cargo of Wild Animals 1M-11

Ports Statistics

Riprap for N. C. Outer Banks 1 2

New Service Begins

SPA's Prettiest Visitor

Record Tobacco Cargoes

Colonel Marr's Statement 15

Port Facilities, Wilmington . 16

Port Facilities. Morehead City

COVER

The ilncr leopard < ubs are pai i o\ mi < \<>tn < argo o\ wild animals
—including snakes, birds, elephants, and other jungle creatures
■which were landed at state /')<>< ks. Their keeper u Rita Remy,
a pretty Swiss girl who left tier job guiding tourists through the U.
N. building m New York to help trap game in the Indian jungles.

Star-News Photo >

gPG facilities Used for THIRD CRUISE SEASON

For the third season o[ Tar Heel cruises, the MV cruises was last year's trip to Bermuda with the Tar Heel
Stockholm called at a Ports Authority installation, this governor on board. Gov. and Mrs. Luther H. Hodges are shown
time the N. C. State Docks at Wilmington. Directly in photo below as they mounted the gangway on this occasion.
out of drydock and alter test runs in New York harbor, ,_____ B __ M __ m ____ mi _______ i __^^

the ship arrived displaying its new million-dollar bow
replacing the one crushed in the tragic collision with
the Andrea Doria.

The Stockholm's arrival for the most recent cruise
series is shown in bottom photo. The newly installed
bow begins roughly where the letter K appears in the
name Stockholm, for the original one had been smash-
ed back almost that far.

Remaining shots show the Stockholm on previous
visits to State facilities. At right is shown the ship call- , ,
ing at Morehead City for the 1954 cruises and, beneath,
coming up the Cape Fear river for the 1955 season.

Most publicized of the vessel's various Tar Heel

UNDER CONSTRUCTION— The most up-to-date fumi-
gation plant on the Atlantic seaboard has been built at the
State Terminals, Morehead City. Above photos show various
stages of construction from early foundation work to completion.
First operation was to drive piling deep into ground to provide
support for heavy machinery. The machine house is erected,
and beside it is laid concrete foundation for vacuum chamber.
The assembly and placing of vacuum chamber completes the

series. Location was set beside warehouses and across from

transit sheds so operation can be performed with minimum it-
handling and consequently minimum expense. In background
of photo series can also be seen a variety of port activities. The
grain loader is shown in Nos. 2 and 4, while No. 3 shows crane
loading riprap from rail cars. This went aboanl bat ■ and was
moved to Outer Banks for storm construction. In photo No. 4
behind grain loader can be seen tanker discharging petroleum.

PLANT AT TERMINALS NOW IN OPERATION

Fumigation Service Offered at Both Ports

FINAL APPROVAL — Federal and State inspectors gather-
ed to give the new facility exhaustive tests over a two-day
period and the installation passed with flying colors. Represen-
tatives of the U. S. Department of Agriculture are shown

below. They are James N. Smith of Charleston and Herbert
Roth of Hoboken. One of the pneumatic doors is shown rising
and a view of the oversize pump is shown in the interior of
the machinery room.

fanuli

Gfleat

When Mrs. Noah bundled up the children
and led them on board the Ark to go floating
around for 40 days and 40 nights, she might have
started something, for Mrs. Gratsos has been
floating around with her husband for 30 years
and has raised two husky sons . . . and she's loved
every bit of it.

The Gratsos family is shown upper right.
Capt. Spyricon L. Gratsos is master of SS Theo-
dore N. Vlassopulos, which called at the State
Docks to load scrap metal. His wife Rita is listed
as ship's nurse. Their two sons hire out to their
father during summer vacation as seamen but
in the winter go to school, Eddie to Marine En-
gineering school in Glasgow and George in his
native Greece.

Capt. and Mrs. S. Saridis, central couple
in photo at right, have sailed together through
many years, also, and she has a companions, on
this one voyage of the SS Zosianne, the wives of
five other officers. The ship's chief engineer
and wife are shown here.

At left is Capt. Heinrich L. Willenbrock and
his Spanish wife, on board the Seefahrer, which
on several occasions has brought sugar from
Cuba and taken back woodpulp. The Willen-
brocks have two children in Buenos Aires, and
the skipper's wife accompanies him only occa-
sionally when she feels she can be spared at home.
The captain is a much decorated former subma-
rine ace of German Navy.

ANOTHER NOTABLE FIRST'

(Editorial reprinted from The Wilmington News)

labioca flout tltoioes horn Ki

Promotion and perseverance are paying off for the
Wilmington port, as evidenced by another "first" at the
State Ports Authority's Docks.

Arrival of the first cargo of tapioca flour further
illustrates the diversity of goods coming into the port,
but even more significantly it represents the result of
long planning and effort to induce industrial plants in
various parts of North Carolina to use the Wilmington
port for imports as well as exports.

Mil ♦ • Wjk •

The tapioca flour shipment is headed for a large
paper manufacturing company in Western North Caro-
lina and came through this port from an originating
point in South America.

We hope that Wilmington may continue to serve
as liaison between these two points, and it is quite pos-
sible that this first shipment may lead to a flourishing
trade in the movement of this cargo.

Now that the "ice has been broken" it seems reason-
able that if all goes well with this first effort regarding
tapioca flour the trend may spread to other state indus-
trial and manufacturing plants that heretofore have
not been shipping through Tar Heel ports.

The SPA has been engaged in extensive work in seek-
ing wider diversity of cargoes, incoming and outgoing.
Various "firsts" have demonstrated the success of such
efforts in recent years. Excluding stub old standbys as
petroleum products, tobacco, and scrap metal, yester-
day's "first" is probably the most notable from a state-
wide standpoint.

Such cargoes as that show the importance of Tar 1 feel
ports to people and places at inland points who would
customarily not connect themselves with ocean ports.
In addition, it brings direct benefits to numerous other
businesses and communities in the state.

NEW COMMODITY

Bulk Grain M

oves

The movement overseas of bulk grain through the State
Terminals at Morehead City started recently and is develop-
ing into a valuable tonnage producer. The American flag,
which has been absent from these berths except on U. S.
Navy vessels, is now being seen regularly on the string of
freighters calling to pick up this commodity.

Some 2,000 or more tons of grain - soya pellets and
linseed expeller pellets - have been going on board each
of the grain ships for discharge in Scandinavian ports.
The grain will be used there for cattle feed.
(Continued on Page Eighteen)

Animal Importer B

The careful handling which cargoes receive at State
Ports installations brings dividends. This was emphatical-
ly driven home when F. J. Zeehandelaar imported a second
cargo of wild animals from the jungles of India through
State Docks, Wilmington.

After watching his first load come off, the importer
remarked that when opportunity offered he would cer-
tainly use these facilities again.

And not months later he did.

Mr. Zeehandelaar is president of North Atlantic Ferti-
lizer & Chemical Co. of New York, one of the top animal
importing firms of the country.

This second shipment of wild animals was consider-
ably larger, consisting of 16 baby elephants, numerous
jungle cats, and crates and cases of exotic birds and slither-
ing tropical snakes.

Buyers, to whom the animals would be delivered, ar-
rived to select their elephants from a cage inside the State
Docks warehouse. The animals had been walked from

ships

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used
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>ng a passageway built of pallets.
i Hastie of Charleston, shown at left holding
trunk, was one of the purchasers. He chose
m advertising gimmick for a television station.
Vonderheid, circus owner, was also on hand

is shown on board ship at top left. Since his
ed Marion, S. C, for winter quarters a few
, he is well known in this area,
ing and removal of the animals proceeded with-
. A small, strongly-built cage arrived on board
:1 Surveyor, the Isthmian freighter. This was
ound easier on the pachyderms than heaving
id on bellybands, it was explained.

end Mr. Zeehandelaar entertained at a recep-
rything worked most perfectly," he said, "and
possible I will bring my cargoes through Wil-
jYou can count on it. 1 cannot express how
im."

TOTAL IMPORT AND EXPORT CARGO TONNAGE
N. C. STATE DOCKS, WILMINGTON. N. C.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Total First 6 Months.
Total Last 6 Months

1952

21.236.755
1,535.966

373.740

351,575

22.772.721
725.315

23,498.036

1953

1,290.625

8,838.540

12,999.099

27,839.277

11,533.688

3,829.080

1,421.513

10,022.600

12,542.810

4,241.480

103.000

1.491.520

66,330.309
29,822.923

1954

1,808.010

7,856.130

7,047.304

3,985.387

1.223.570

1,402.720

3,822.320

1,917.661

11.714.365

15,572.088

30,569.697

17,917.782

23,323.121
81,513.913

1955
5,477.612
12,354.866
27,332.255
21,451.520
23.597.007
27,391.699
5,946.413
14,894.280
29,848.082
29.590.467
19,714.932
33,194.475

117,604.959
133,188.649

TOTAL FOR YEAR 23,498.036 96,153.232 104,837.034 250,793.608

Total Tonnage— Port of Wilmington 3,426,564.000 3,781,702.000

Taken from: Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Department of Engineers Publication.

1956
23,280.876
28,330.250
22,768.831
18,499.715
24,222.040
12,079.865
14,647.255
23,069.432
39,378.471
35,579.602
14,793.227
21,934.569

129,180.577
149.402.556

278,583.133

1957

MOREHEAD CITY STATISTICS
NUMBER OF SHIPS. STATE TERMINALS

Commercial

1953
1954
1955
1956

Dry

Cargo
.... 1
....12
...12
...37

Liquid
Cargo
44
50
39
41

Total

51
62
51
78

Military

162

173

151

Grand
Total

213
235
202
139

MOREHEAD CITY STATE TERMINALS & PORT STATISTICS

Commercial Tonnage State Terminals Total

1953 29,415 407,736 437.151

1954 6,177 351,866 358,043

1955 6,800 292,370 299,170

1956 41,305 276,094 317,399

Minitary Tonnage

State Terminals

87,438

210,851

187,143

93,622

Total
524,590
568,895
486,000
411,022

^Commercial Tonnage
Port of Morehead City
536,685
504,203
446,655

■'Taken from: Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Department of Engineers Publication (Does not include military cargo).

I5a>ices lUcOe Out Galloads ok Kiblab

for Construction Work on N. C. Outer Banks

Construction work on North Carolina's
Outer Banks has called for a continuing
supply of riprap, the irregular stones to be
clumped without order to make a founda-
tion or a sea wall.

Dozens of carloads of the stone have ar-
rived at the State Terminals, and the rip-
rap has been moved to barges and towed
up the Inland Waterway and across the
sounds to the construction sites.

Some 14 thousand tons of the stone
have moved through the State facility in
connection with this construction work.

Photo below shows a view of a railcar,
and the other gives a view from the dock.

U. S. LINKS SCHEDULES

New Service Bringing Cargoes From British Isles

State Docks Linked with
Manchester, Liverpool

Regular scheduled services are the founda-
tion blocks upon which ports build up greater
business. It was therefore a most welcome an-
nouncement that U. S. Lines is beginning a
new service bringing to Wilmington cargoes
loaded at Manchester, Liverpool, and, as freight
is offered, Glasgow and Dublin.

The British connection is made even more
attractive in thai Wilmington is listed as first
port of call in this service.

Peter B. Ruffin, president of Wilmington
Shipping Co., recently made the announcement
and said that ships of the U. S. Lines' South
Atlantic division will call at the State Docks
on this monthly schedule.

Chemicals, machinery, and manufactured
steel are among the first shipments arriving,
and in time larger and more diversified cargoes
are expected as the connection is more fully
exploited.

SS SOUTIISTAR, shown loading woodpulp on its most recent call at X. ('.
Docks, is one of the ships which will operate in the new service.

MAID OE COTTON

SPA's Prettiest Visitor

The prettiest visitor to appear at the State Docks
in many a moon is Pat Cowden, who is the 1956 Maid
of Cotton and deserves it.

In big photo she is shown with her ( hapcroiK . Mis-
Hannah Block ol Wilmington, on board the American
freighter Flying Cloud, where she called on the < aptain
and exclaimed it was the first ship on which she had
ever been.

Alter inspecting some Egyptian cotton which was
being warehoused at the- time she had lunch with
Wilmington's Mayor Dan I). Cameron.

tobacco G<

iacco ^alcoes

Attract Record
Number of Vessels

The Ports Authority's State Terminals at Morehead
City have set a new high in tobacco cargoes: More ships
have been attracted into port to load leaf than in any
previous year.

Photos on this page show the eleventh and record-
setting call, which was made by MS Goettingen. The
freighters putting in to pick up tobacco cargoes will more
than double the previous record by year's end, according to
present indications.

When the German ship tied up at N. C. Ocean Termi-
nals a variety of activities began. Top photos show steve-
doring, with hogsheads of tobacco moving into the ship's
hold and being stowed there.

At right Captain Richard Cammann is being inter-
viewed by reporter from an Eastern Carolina television
station, while below, members of the crew engage in routine
seamanship: Sailors paint the overhead behind loading op-
eration and, at bottom right, secure booms after the hold
is loaded and hatch is covered.

Colonel Man's Statement.

■

HE one outstanding development at the ports authority's installation in

rcceni months has been ihc growing diversity ol cargoes. A widei and widei
variety of commodities arc moving across the docks, and this trend is producing

the most satislac tor) results.

At the State I)o( ks, Wilmington, one result has been the addition ol .1 new
scheduled service which brings cargoes monthly from the British Kirs, while ai
the State Terminals, More-head City, a movement ol grain to Scandinavia is cur-
rently bringing in one or two vessels each month and some 75 i<> loo railcars
to deliver each load.

Arriving on the new British Isles service will he commodities such as ma-
chinery, manufactured steel, and chemicals. The ports authority solicitation has
been instrumental in pushing sufficient quantities of these items through the Stale
Docks to warrant a continuing schedule, and now that this step is taken the
exploitation of this service can be expected to produce even greater tonnage and
more diverse cargoes.

It is particularly attractive to shippers that this is direct service which will
bring in cargoes to Wilmington as first port of call. This direct shipment means
a saving in time which aside from the convenience of receiving the cargo cjuic kl\
also gives economy in reduced insurance charges.

Shipments will be taken on board at Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and
Dublin. Vessels of the South Atlantic service of U. S. Lines will make the run,
these being ships which are calling already on the North Continent schedule:
Southport, Southstar, and Southwind.

Diversity is apparent too at State Terminals, Morehead Cit\. Ships calling
here for tobacco have also picked up a variety of commodities to accompam the
hogsheads. In the last year such items have been barrel staves, oranges, frozen
poultry, and fish oil, as well as a quantity of deer tongue, an Eastern Carolina
herb which Germans regard highly as a tobacco flavoring agent.

The first transoceanic movement of grain here took place in [ate summer.
and the ports authority's grain loader was used for the liist time to load into a
ship's hold. The Inter-Oceanic Commodity Corp. brings in midwestern so\a
pellets for bulk loading for Scandinavian ports on an average ol once a month.
Moore-McCormack and U. S. Lines have supplied the vessels.

It seems apparent that the state ports will continue their growth. Dry
cargo moving through the State Terminals at Morehead City amounts to some
40,000 tons, which is about five times the volume previously handled here. I he
recently finished fumigation plant has serviced some of the last six tobacco cargoes
moving OUl I torn here and should prove a strong alt 1 ac (ion to tobacco shippers in
the new year. The movement ol bulk liquids and military supplies, forming the
major tonnage al this installation, can be expected to continue at their 1 uncut
levels. At St. tie Docks. Wilmington, the new service and the two new gantry
c taues (an be counted on to attract additional cargoes. Indeed, the limited
berthing space and warehousing lacilities will likely call for .1 more intensified
campaign here to avoid congestion.

Wilmincton

N. C. STATE DOCKS
PHILIP L. SULLIVAN, Operations Manager

WHARF : Constructed of concrete and steel, the
wharf is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron.
It is capable of berthing three 500-ft. vessels
simultaneously, with depth of 32 feet at mean
low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS : Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete
and masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE : One storage warehouse of 86,-
100 square feet, constructed of steel, concrete
and masonry, with sprinkler and deluge sys-
tems.

OPEN STORAGE: Three acres of paved open
storage, easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES : One complete weighing station, hand-
ling both trucks and rail cars.

TRACKAGE : Double marginal tracks with
crossovers, full length of wharf apron ; also
depressed tracks at rear of transit sheds and
warehouse, entire length. Storage yard on
property for 240 freight cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT :

now in operation.

One 45-ton gantry crane

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton
locomotive crane.

Two Diesel switching locomotives.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT : Fork lifts
of various sizes with accessories such as cotton
clamps, etc. Light and heavy tractors and
trailers and straddle trucks. Facilities for full
palletization of cargoes.

LOADING AND UNLOADING : Rail and truck
docks for loading and unloading at the transit
sheds and warehouse; ramps for easy access
into sheds and warehouse ; portable side and
end loading ramps for rail cars.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fu-
migation plant with two vacuum chambers.

SERVICES : Telephone, electricity and Federal-
ly approved potable water supply at shipside.
Export crating service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Companies and
numerous highway motor transportation com-
panies.

SECURITY : Security force on duty at all times.

Ulclelteaa C((u

N. C. OCEAN TERMINALS
J. D. HOLT, Operations Manager

WHARF : Constructed of concrete and steel, the
wharf is 2,550 feet long with a 34-foot apron.
It is capable of berthing four 500-foot cargo
ships and one petroleum tanker, with a depth
of 30 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS : One transit shed of 60,000
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry with sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, construct-
ed of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

A third transit shed, the newest, is of pre-fab-
ricated steel construction with sprinklers and
has capacity of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, to-
taling 88,000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area
is available.

TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with
crossover, full length of wharf. Single depress-
ed track full length of rear of transit sheds
and warehouses. Atlantic and East Carolina
Railway freight car storage yard adjacent to
Port property.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts
with detachable accessories such as barrel
clamps, cotton clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities
for full palletization of cargoes.
Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment for the loading
of grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks
for loading and unloading at transit sheds and
warehouses; ramps for easy access into transit
sheds and warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Up-to-date fumigation plant of
most modern concrete and steel construction is
now in operation. Large single chamber is of
latest design.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federal-
ly-approved potable water supply at shipside
Served by Atlantic and East Carolina Rail-
way Co. One interstate truck line on property,
and served by numerous highway motor trans-
portation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

INSTALLED AT DOCKS

Gantry Crane

The first of two gantry cranes being installed at State
Docks, Wilmington, is going into operation and will add
speed in loading cargoes already moving across the wharf.

The second gantry, when completed in late spring or
early summer, will operate in tandem with the first and
the two together will perform very heavy lifts and attract
cargoes that heretofore have had to be refused.

Each crane will lift 45 tons. By working them together,
lifts approaching 90 tons can be effected.

Each is being fitted with magnets to facilitate loading
of scrap metal. These magnets, one of which is shown on
rail car before being installed, measure 80 inches in dia-
meter and weigh 9i/ 2 tons. With each lift, the magnet
will move something over two tons of scrap. Their efficien-
cy is expected to cut loading time of a scrap ship by about
two-thirds.

CRANE ASSEMBLY — The heaviest lift in connection with assembling
the new 45-ton crane is shown below as two floating cranes start hoist-
ing the gantry's cab before sliding the legs underneath. Cab weighs
some 32 tons. Fitting the cab exactly on the circular track on which it
swings proved the most tedious part of the operation.

Grain in Bulk

(Continued from Page Eight)

Inter-Oceanic Commodity Corp. is shipper, and scores
of rail cars arrive from the Midwest to deliver each cargo.
Since the movement began, at least one ship has called
every month to take on grain.

Moore-McCormack Lines have supplied most of the
freighters. The first to call was SS Mormacisle, whose
skipper, Capt. R. H. Day, is shown on page nine. A U. S.
Lines ship, SS Benjamin Chew, a converted Liberty, ar-
rived with a native North Carolinian as master, Capt.
William C. Hurley, formerly of Newton. He is shown on
same page, in uniform.

| 5THM!AN) LliNiEISi

India, Pakistan, Ceylon
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq
Thailand, Burma
Hawaiian Islands
Malaya, Philippines

Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam
Alexandria, Lebanon, Red Sea
Near and Middle East

Wilmington Agents

Wilmington Shipping Co. Tei. Wilmington 2-338 1

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Regular Service Between North Carolina Ports and

Ireland

United Kingdom
and North
Continental
Europe

Wilmington Agent

Wilmington
Shipping Co.

Wilmington 2-3381

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

South Atlantic Ports Direct to

Honolulu - Yokohama - Manila - Keelung - Kobe
and other Far East Ports

Will Call at Baltic and Scandinavian Ports
When Sufficient Cargo Is Offered.

UNITED STATES LINES CO.

Wilmington Agents: Heide & Co.

Charleston Agents: Carolina Shipping Co.

New York 4. N. Y. DIgby 4-5800

HEIDE & CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

FORWARDING AGENTS

SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

STEVEDORES

vo3^ c WILMINGTON
* #ffiih * NORTH CAROLINA

jS0Yi Cable Address

?0J3ilM' "HEIDE" WILMINGTON-CAROLINA

Telephone 3-5161

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder

Registration No. 223

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

TELEPHONES 6-4652 & 6-3248

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

Peter B. Ruffin

President

W. P. Emerson

Vice-President

William T. Davies

Manager

W. D. Williams

Secretary

I. P. Wilson

Treasurer

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder Registration No. 376

READY TO SERVE . . .
Your Port Of Wilmington Needs

In every phase of the agricultural and
industrial development of North Caro-
lina, this bank has been an important
factor.

It has consistently cooperated with the
grower, the manufacturer, the shipper
and the merchant, helping to make
North Carolina the prosperous, progres-
sive State that it is.

THE
WILMINGTON SAVINGS
AND TRUST COMPANY

"NORTH CAROLINA'S PORT BANK"

COMMERCIAL • TRUST • SAVINGS

Established 1888

Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Cc:;
Member Federal Reserve Sv

N. C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

P. O. Box 1619

WILMINGTON. N. C.

BULK RATE

U. S. Postage

PAID

Wilmington, N. C.

Permit No. 225

NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIBRARY
RALEIGH, N.C.

FORM 3547 REQUESTED

SHIP LAUNDRY

ONE DAY SERVICE

IDEAL LAUNDRY AND
DRY CLEANERS. INC.

FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE 6651

WILMINGTON, N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

CUMMINS

Cummins Diesel
Sales Corporation

P. O. Box 1586 N. Main St. Extension

HIGH POINT, N. C.

JOHN FAUNCE. Mgr. Telephone 2-4136

MARINE — AUTOMOTIVE — CONSTRUCTION — INDUSTRIAL

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK, N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE

WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

GREENHEART is hightly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

PROVISIONS,

DECK AND

ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

uRANT

SHIP

CHANDLER

Representative of

Columbia Rope

Wilmington,

N. C.

International Paint

Telephone

4232

Socony-Vacuum Oil Co

., Inc

Water & Market Sts.

/ferth Care' , State Library
.kaleigh

WOODPULP OUTLOADINC A TOP EXPORT COMM>

STATE PORT

JUNE. 1957

HEIDE & CO., INC

Steamship Agents and
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

FORWARDING AGENTS
STEVEDORES
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

OYO'S AGC/v

Cable Address

"KEIDE" M0REHEADCITY-CAR0LINA

P. O. Box 322

Telephone 6-3652

R. L HICKS, Manager

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN, President W. P. EMERSON, Vice-President

W. D. WILLIAMS, Secretary ). P. WILSON, Treasurer

Wilmington Shipping Co.

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

Licensed Customhouse Brokers
Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809
Telephone 2-3381

Cable Address
WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

PAVING CONTRACTORS

ANY SIZE JOB ANYWHERE

E. B. TOWLES
CONSTRUCTION CO.

DIAL 2-0359
Market Street Road

ASPHALT

CONCRETE

AND

BITUMINOUS

SURFACE
TREATMENT

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C S P. A.

General Offices
P. (). Box 1619, Wilmington

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

EDWIN PATE, Chairman

RAYMOND A. BRYAN

Vice-Chairman

W. AVERY THOMPSON

Secretary -Treasurer

|. HARRY WHITE, Member

HARVEY W. MOORE, Member

HAROLD F. COFFEY, Member

HENRY A. LINEBERGER, Member

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
RICHARD S. MARR

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT

E. E. LEE, JR., Director
of Commerce and Traffic

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing 618
New York 6, N. Y.

Bowling Green 9-8389
TWX: NY 1-4414

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS

New York Representative

WILMINGTON OFFICE

N. C State Docks

P. O. Box 1619-Telephone 3-1622
TWX: WM 77

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

Operations Manager

MOREFIEAD CITY OFFICE

N. C. Ocean Terminals

P. O. Box 145-Telephone 6-3159
TWX: Morehead City, N. C. 8782

J. D. HOLT, Operations Manager

WALTER H. FRIEDER1CHS

Assistant

June 1957

Vol. Ill, No. 1

SELL YOUR STATE PORTS

This magazine is intended to be read by at least ten people.
Please pass it on when you are through

CONTENTS

Borden's, Inc., Machinery 2

Potato Cargo 3

Riegel Carolina 4

Marine Corps Maneuvers 6

Superrreighter Evokes Attention 8

Visiting Ships 10

SPA Gets Muscle 12

far Heel Fish Oil 13

Port Facilities, Wilmington 14

Port Facilities, Morehead Cit\ IS

New Ship Service 16

Supplies tor LI. S. Bases 16

COVER — WOODPULP

The greatest single shipment of woodpulp left the State Docks this
spring in tJte amount of nearly 3,000 tons. This eijuals something
like a week's production for the nearby Riegel Carolina plant which
made the shipment. 1 he growing importance of woodpulp as a lead

ing export commodity is explained on pages six and seven.

Borden's, Incorporated,

Machinery Arrives to

Start New Plant

NEW industry for Fayetteville, North Carolina,
moved through the State Docks in the form of a
German process formaldehyde plant imported bv
the Borden Company, ex SS Southland. A total of
100 tons of equipment was brought in for the plant.
The completed plant produces 36,000,000 pounds
of formaldehyde annually and will produce as a
by-product resins for woodworking. Fractionating
columns and other equipment for manufacturing
formalin from methanol were imported.

Captain E. T. Engebretsen— MS SEAGULL

POTATO CARGO
AT MOREHEAD

The trim, yacht-like little MS Seagull is shown
unloading seed potatoes, a recent cargo ol 18,337
hags landing at State Terminals, Morehead City,
while trucks wait to haul them Inland. 1 he ship-
ment will go to North Carolina Farmers in time For
spring planting. Grown on Prince Edward Island,
the Canadian spuds were hauled in heated boxcars
to Halifax, N. S., where the Norwegian Freighter
took them on in healed holds. I he 100 lb. bags
were insulated with straw to avoid Freezing, but
the straw could not come ashore, h had to be
dumped at sea when the vessel sailed.

MODERN WOODPULP PLANT— LOCATED AT ACME, NORTH CAROLINA

RIEGEL CAROLINA, SHIPPER

Wood arrives by rail car and truck. Plant's output is
500 tons of finished pulp each day.

WOODPULP RANKS AMONG
TOP EXPORTS

After only a few hours of loading, transit shed remains packed with
cargo. As loading end approaches, small stacks of cargo are dotted
around shed. State Docks has experienced years of practice in loading
the 500 lb. packages of woodpulp. As loading goes, woodpulp handles
easily.

OOUPULP, which is the base from which paper is manu-
factured, has recently established itself as a leading export handled
at North Carolina ports; whether it will eventually overtake
scrap metal and tobacco as the commodity providing the top
tonnage remains to be seen. Chances seem good that it could.

So far, all woodpulp moving overseas from Tar Heel ports
comes from Riegel Paper Corporation's plant at Acme, 20 miles
from the N. C. State Docks at Wilmington.

The movement has been recognized as one of the outstanding
examples of a North Carolina industry profitably utilizing a state
port. Col. Richard S. Marr, Executive Director of the State Ports
Authority, is enthusiastic about this type of commerce.

"This state," he points out, "generates many million tons of
cargo every year that move through out-of-state ports. Much
of this material can conveniently and economically use North
Carolina ports. It's the Ports Authority's job," he adds, "to
bring home this fact to Tar I Ieel industry."

The Acme pant is known as the Carolina Division of the Riegel
Paper Corporation, and it is no accident that it finds itself close-
to deep water transportation. The location was given thoughtful
consideration by company officials before they decided where to
establish their multimillion dollar installation, and they will say
that near-by ocean transportation played a strong part in their
final vote.

The current rate of production is a little over 500 tons of
woodpulp daily. Of this voluminous output, the bulk is ear-
marked for American consumption. A large amount, however,
is sold abroad, and the State Docks handle shipments destined
for north continental and United Kingdom ports. Stacked in
the SPA warehouses and transit sheds are frequently found bays
full ot the product marked for Belgium, Holland, Germany, and
England.

Inside the wrapping paper, pulpwood resembles uniform, white
sheets of very hard and thick blotting paper. The packages them-
selves are of similar size, each weighing 500 pounds. Slings from
a ship's boom usually carry six packages into the hold at a time.
As cargo goes, the packages move handily into the ship's below
decks storage areas.

Dr. C. E. Hartford, Vice-President, explained that the Caro-
lina Mill has increased its production steadily since going into
operation. The original mill, representing an investment of ap-
proximately 21 million dollars, started operations in December
1951. It was designed to turn out a daily volume of 200-250
tons of woodpulp. Through the expenditure of approximately
10 million dollars, the capacity of the plant has been increased
to the present level of 500 tons per day.

Shipments over the State Docks have shown steady growth,
as the pulp plant has expanded. In the first quarter of this year,
shipments were at about six times the 1954 rate.

A new bleaching process enables Riegel to produce a high
brightness pulp with excellent strength properties. This pulp is
finding wide acceptance, and apparently sales are booming
on the Continent.

To back this up, Ports Authority records show that throe
woodpulp shipments moved out of Wilmington the second week
of March. One was the largest such shipment ever to move out
of Wilmington. The 3.000 tons went on board the SS Southpoit
destined for the United Kingdom.

. Reigel takes no chance that the area's timber supplv will be
exhausted. A replanting program is one of the major undertakings
of the Acme plant. Dr. 1 lartford said the planting season extends
from November into March. "We set a new record this vear," he-
added. "We set out 8 and one-quarter million seedlings on about
nine thousand acres." In connection with this project, Riegel co-
operates with nearby suppliers in tree farming and protection
against forest fire; so that in addition to replanting and rebuilding
its own acreage, the company is busy helping maintain the
adjacent territory which supplies lumber.

Back From Maneuvers

Marine Corps equipment used in spring war games
at Vieques is shown going ashore at State Terminals,
Morehead City, from one of two landing ships. An am-

phibious landing craft loaded with a tractor and bulldozer
was moved to one of the State Port's ramps to land the
equipment.

Spectators and families welcome
home the Marines

Marine MP directing heavy vehic-
ular traffic at Morehead City Ocean
Terminals.

SUPERFREICHTER— This huge 525-
foot superfreighter is the Marine
Fiddler of the Military Sea Trans-
port Service. It loaded 500 tons
of military vehicles at State Ports
Docks recently — but the 500 tons
caused hardly a change in the
draft of the vessel. The Marine
Fiddler at one time during the
Korean War carried 36 locomotives
and 10 hospital cars, each 80 feet
long, from San Francisco to Korea.
The vessel cruises at 17)^ knots
and has a cruising range of 8,000
miles.

SUPERFREIGHTER

EVOKES

ATTENTION

One of the most unusual freighters plying the high sea;
docked at the North Carolina State Docks in Wilmingtor
recently to load vehicles for northern European and Medil
terranean ports.

The Marine Fiddler, a Military Sea Transport Service vesf
sel, designed to carry some of the heaviest waterbome freight
in the world, loaded some 500 tons of military vehicles all
the port. The over-all length of the freighter is 525 feet.

The cargo-carrying capacity of the Marine Fiddler is so vasW
that 500 tons of vehicles scarcely changed the draft of the
big vessel.

"We are a heavy lift ship," Capt. Elmer W. Malanot exHj
plained, "our deadweight cargo capacity is over 13,000 tons.'

The Marine Fiddler is to the average freighter what the supei
tanker is to the regular tanker. She is designed to carry heavier
cargo farther and faster than other freighters. At present there
are two of her type in operation. The SS Marine Fiddler oni
the Atlantic, and the SS Brostrom on the Pacific.

!■

S. MARINE FIDDLER

The vessel is actually a converted C-4, but the conversion
/as a vast one that changed her from a seven hatch ship to
five hatch ship.

Undoubtedly the most striking feature of the vessel is her
argo handling equipment.

Two jumbo cargo booms with a rated lifting capacity of
50 tons each are capable of lifting some of the largest and
leaviest pieces of equipment that may be shipped aboard the
•essel. The jumbo booms are actually tested to lift 180 tons
rom docks and lower it into the giant holds of the ship.

Looking into the hold is like looking down into an audi-
orium the size of an athletic auditorium. Their capacity
natches the lifting power of the huge booms.

"The ship originally cost about six to seven million dollars,"
fJapt. Malanot explained, "and the conversion from a C-4
nto a heavy lift ship cost about $4,000,000 more, but the
■hip has more than paid for itself since its conversion."

What use has the federal government made of the Marine
"•iddler? During the Korean War, for instance, a load of 36

locomotives weighing 140 tons each, and ten hospital cars,
each 80 feet long, were loaded aboard the ship at San Fran-
cisco and carried to Korea.

The vessel carried atomic weapons to overseas garrisons and
much of the equipment to the bomb tests at Eniwetok and
Bikini.

The Marine Fiddler's holds are 100 feet by 70 feet, capable
of carrying both bulk and weight. Her deck load capacity
is also impressive. Her hatches are covered bv pontoons capable
ol carrying 80 ton loads on each pontoon. In recent years she
has loaded tugboats onto her deck and carried them o\ crsca*.

The huge jumbo booms will list the ship about 12 degrees
when they are swung out. ship officers reported.

And with all her vast cargo carrying capacity the Marine
liddler has speed to match. She cruises at 1 _1 : knots and has
a cruising range ol 8. (XXI miles.

Alter leaving Wilmington the Marine I iddler scheduled
calls to at leas! two other ports to pick up more cargo lor her
trip to Europe and the Mediterranean.

In addition to their function as North Caro-
lina's principal commercial ports, the State
ports' installations at Wilmington and More-
head City frequently make their facilities
available to men-of-war and military ships on
training missions, defense operations, and sur-
vey cruises. These units illustrate the role
that the North Carolina State Docks and the
Ocean Terminals could play in the national
defense picture.

USS Parle, USS Nimble, USS Coates

U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey vessels, the Stimi, the Bowen, and the Parker;
U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Mendota, background

USS New, USS Holder

In recent months the State Ports Authority
docks in Wilmington and Morehead City have
been made available to U. S. Navy units on
both regular operations and reserve cruises,
U. S. Coast Guard Cutters, Coast and Geo-
detic Service craft, British Naval units, and
other military craft that have visited North
Carolina.

All at State Docks, Wilmington

U. S. Navy Minesweeper, USS Reed Bird
H.M.S. Bigbury Bay

U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Chilula. Morehead City Ocean Terminals
Corps of Engineers dredge Henry Bacon

* "it '

New Gantry Cranes at State Docks, Wilmington

SPA Gets Muscle For 90-Ton Lifts

During June the North Carolina State Docks at Wil-
mington saw the installation of a second gantry crane
that wall enable this facility to load cargoes that were
previously too heavy for dockside equipment.

The new piece of equipment, a 45-ton capacity crane,
will permit dockside lifts of up to 90 tons when made
in tandem with the gantry unit that has been in use
for the past several months.

The unit will not only increase the lift capacity of the
Wilmington installation, but will also provide for a more
flexible operation at the docks and will permit more
rapid handling of bulk cargoes at the dock.

The addition of the new gantry will bring Wilmington
into line with the most modern South Atlantic ports and
will make this port capable of handling a variety of car-
goes that were previously not feasible at North Carolina
ports.

The gantry was brought to Wilmington from Savannah
by barge via the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Tech-
nicians and workmen assembled the units after lifting
them from the barge. After tests and adjustments the
new crane will swing into operation loading Tar Heel
cargoes into world commerce.

Fish Oil Is Loaded At Morehead City Aboard Pioneer Wave

Tar Heel Fish Oi
For Germany

The largest cargo oi fish oil to be outloadcd
from the North Carolina Ocean Icrminal al
Morehead City in the histon oi that installa
tion was loaded aboard the SS Pioneer \\ ave
during April.

A record catch of menhaden in the More
head Cit\ area provided over 2.000 tons ol the
fish oil for the Pioneer Wave.

1 he oil was not onl\ obtained from Fish
taken oil the North Carolina coast but was
also localb processed. 1 he shipment marked
the first movement ol this product through a
North Carolina port in volume. Previously the
oil had been transported to other, out ol siau
ports In land transportation before being
shipped overseas.

I he cargo was discharged al Hamburg,
Germany, for manufacture into margarine. \
total ol five lish oil shipments nave moved
through Morehead CitJ during the earb pan
ol the year.

I he Pioneer Wave is a converted escort
carrier now operating as a United States Lines
freighter. 1 he Morehead Cit\ Shipping Com
pany was cargo agent and Cargill. Inc.. was
cargo ow ner.

WILMINGTON

N. C. STATE DOCKS
PHILIP L. SULLIVAN, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing three 500-ft. vessels simultaneously, with
depth of 32 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000 square
feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and masonry,
with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and masonry,
with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE: Three acres of paved open storage,
easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling both
trucks and rail cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two 45-ton gantry cranes
now in operation.

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton locomotive

crane.

Two Diesel switching locomotives.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts of
various sizes with accessories such as cotton clamps,
etc. Light and heavy tractors and trailers and straddle
trucks. Facilities for full palletization of cargoes.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Rail and truck docks
for loading and unloading at the transit sheds and
warehouse; ramps for easy access into sheds and ware-
houses; portable side and end loading ramps for rail
cars.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumigation
plant with two vacuum chambers.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside. Export crat-
ing service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard
Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous highway
motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

MOREHEAD CITY

N. C. OCEAN TERMINALS
J. I). HOLT, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 2,550 feet long with a 34-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing four 500-foot cargo ships and one petro-
leum tanker, with a depth of 30 feet at mean low
water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60.000 square
feet, constructed of steel, concrete and masonry with
sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square leet, constructed ol
galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

A third transit shed, the newest, is ol prc-labricatcd
steel construction with sprinklers and has capacity
of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, totaling
(S8.000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area is avail

able.

IRACKACE: Double marginal tracks with crossover,
full length of wharf. Single depressed track lull length
ol rear ol transit sheds and warehouses. Atlantic and
East Carolina Railway freight car storage yard adjacent
to Port property .

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork hits with
detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cotton

clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities lor lull palletization "I
cargoes.
I factors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment for the loading -I

grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AM) UNLOADING: Truck docks for

loading and unloading at transit sheds .\m.\ warehouses.

ramps for eas} access into transit sheds and warehouses.

FLLMIGA I ION : Up-to-date fumigation plant o[ most
modern concrete -\ni\ steel construction is now in

operation. Large single chamber is ol latest design.

SERVICES: I elephone. electricity mi^ Federally ap
proved potable water supply .it shipside. Served b\
Atlantic ,wn\ last Carolina Railway Co. One inter
state truck line on property, and served b\ numerous

highway motor transportation companies.
SI C UPd IV Secuim force on dut\ at all tunes.

New Ship Service Established

The establishment of a regular steamship service from
Wilmington to Caribbean and northern South American
ports was announced in early June.

1 he fortnighth service bv the Royal Netherlands
Steamship Company was announced jointly by Peter B.
Ruffin, president of the Wilmington Shipping Company,
and Richard S. Marr, Executive Director of the North
Carolina State Ports Authority.

Service is expected to begin June 24 with the sailing
of the SS Schie from the State Docks in Wilmington.
This sailing will be followed every two weeks by other
Roval Netherlands' vessels.

The Royal Netherlands' steamships will connect Wil-
mington with Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Ciudad Trujillo,
Dominican Republic; La Guaira, Venezuela; Puerto Ca-
bello, Venezuela; Curacao, British West Indies; and Port
of Spain, Trinidad.

The new service will place North Carolina producers
in contact with the Caribbean markets at a saving to the
producers and the shippers. It also means that North
Carolina will be served by a third major steamship line
and a fourth major steamship route. At present, the
United States Lines have regular service into Wilming-
ton on two routes, one to United Kingdom ports and an-
other to North Sea ports. The Isthmian Steamship Line
serves Wilmington from India and Pakistan.

Military Vehicles Swing Aboard SS Habana, Lifted by Gantry Crane

Supplies For U. S. Overseas Bases

Among the important new cargoes developed at North
Carolina's State port installations during recent months
have been military shipments of vehicles and equipment.

At the North Carolina State Docks in Wilmington at
least two major shipments of military vehicles have been
outloaded during the early part of the year.

In mid-March the Spanish freighter, SS Habana,
loaded a total of 36 five-ton tractor trucks for U. S. Air
Force bases in Spain. In April the Military Sea Transport
Service vessel Marine Fiddler loaded 500 tons of military
vehicles for transportation to a number of European ports
on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

The shipments have been made possible bv the instal-
lation of gantry cranes at the North Carolina State Docks.
The new cranes have a lifting capacity that facilitates the
handling of heavy military cargoes.

Both the shipments were made with the supervision
of Transportation Corps officials. The Wilmington docks,
located only a short distance upriver from the vast Trans-
portation Corps installation at Sunny Point, permit a
close relationship between the two installations.

Maj. Gen. Evan M. Houseman of the Transportation
Corps was recently a guest at the North Carolina State
Docks and expressed interest in the Wilmington port
facility's role in defense shipments.

Wilmington: Office 2-3327 — Res. 3-2893

QlMMYsmODUCF

FROZEN FOOD CO. S

WHOLESALE

Ship Chandlery Division

Provisions — Deck and Engine Supplies

JIMMY BATUYIOS

P.O. Box 1676 121 Hanover St.

WILMINGTON, N. C.

Serving Wilmington and Morehead City

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

Telephones 6-4652 & 6-3248

CABLE ADDRESS

William T. Davies

MORESHIPCO

Manager

Peter B. Ruffin

W. D. Williams

President

Secretary

W. P. Emerson

J. P. Wilson

Vice-President

Treasurer

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder Registration No. 376

HEIDE & CO., INC

Steamship Agents and
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

FORWARDING AGENTS
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS
STEVEDORES

v o*°' s AG ^ C

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

Cable Address

HEIDE" WILMINGTON-CAROLINA
Telephone 3-5161

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 223

READY TO SERVE . . .
Your Port Of Wilmington Needs

In every phase of the agricultural and industrial
development of North Carolina, this bank has been
an important factor.

It has consistently cooperated with the grower, the
manufacturer, the shipper and the merchant, help-
ing to make North Carolina the prosperous, pro-
gressive State that it is.

THE
W I LMI NGTON SAVI NGS
AND TRUST COMPANY

"North Carolina's Port Bank"
COMMERCIAL • TRUST • SAVINGS

Established 1888
Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Member Federal Reserve System

C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY
P. 0. Box 1619
WILMINGTON. N. C.

NORTH CAROXINA UBRAHJ COMMISSION
RAISIGH, JUJ*

BULK RATE

U. S. Postage

PAID

Wilmington, N. C.

Permit No. 225

FORM 3547 REQUESTED

CUMMINS

Cummins Diesel
Sales Corporation

P. 0. Box 1586 N. Main St. Extension

HIGH POINT, N. C.

PHIL L. SMITH, Mgr. J. LACIE BUIE, Sales Engineer

Telephone 2-4136
MARINE — AUTOMOTIVE — CONSTRUCTION — INDUSTRIAL

SHIP LAUNDRY

ONE DAY SERVICE

•

IDEAL LAUNDRY AND
DRY CLEANERS, INC.

Front and Orange Streets — Phone 6651
WILMINGTON, N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE— NEW YORK, N. Y.

Area Representative — Wilmington Shipping Co.

CREENHART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

Provisions,

Deck

and

Engineer's

Supplies

. E.

uRANT

SHIP

CHANDLER

Representative of

Wilmi

ngton, N. C.

Columbia Rope

Tel

ephone 4232

International Pa

int

Water

& Market Sts.

Socony-Vacuum

Oil Co.

, Inc

North Carolina truck taxes pay 43%
per cent of the State's entire bill for
construction, upkeep and administra-
tion of the highway system. More than
1,800 North Carolina communities are
served only by truck transportation.

N. C. MOTOR CARRIERS ASSN., Inc.
Raleigh, N. C.

*m.

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,\ regular caller at \\ ilmington's Sititc Docks

WILMINGTON

MOREHEAD CITY

FALL 1957

HEIDE & CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

FORWARDING AGENTS
STEVEDORES
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

OYO'S AGe*^

Cable Address

'HEIDE" MOREHEADCITY-CAROLINA

P. O. Box 300

Telephone 6-3652

R. L. HICKS, Manager

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN

President

W. D. WILLIAMS

Secretary

WADE H. PIERCE

Assistant Secretary

W. P. EMERSON

Vice-President

J. P. WILSON

Treasurer

LEMUEL L. DOSS. JR.

Traffic Manager

Wilmington Shipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809
Telephone RO 2-3381

Cable Address
W1LSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Regular service between North Carolina Ports and Ireland, United
Kingdom, and North Continental Europe will call at Baltic and
Scandinavian ports when sufficient cargo offers.

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

South Atlantic Ports direct to Honolulu, Yokahoma, Manila, Keev-
ing, Kobe and other Far East Ports.

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Wilmington Agent — Wilmington Shipping Co.

Phone RO 2-3381

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

Wilmington Agent— Heide & Co. — Phone RO 3-5161

UNITED STATES LINES CO.

NEW YORK 4, N. Y. DIGBY 4-5800

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF V ( . S P. A

General Offices
P. O. Box 1619, Wilmington

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

EDWIN PATE, Chairman

RAYMOND A. BRYAN,

V ice-Chairman

W. AVERY THOMPSON,

Secretary-Treasurer

J. HARRY WHITE, Member

HARVEY W. MOORE, Member

HAROLD F. COFFEY, Member

HENRY A. LINEBERGER, Member

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

RICHARD S. MARR

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT

E. E. LEE, JR. Director
of Commerce and Traffic

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing 618
New York 6, N. Y.

Bowling Green 9-8389
TWX: NY 1-4414

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS

New York Representative

WILMINGTON OFFICE

N. C. State Docks

P. O. Box 1619 — Telephone

ROger 3-1622

TWX: WM 77

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

Operations Manager

Fall, 1957

\<>i . III. No. 1

SELL YOUR STATE PORTS

This magazine is intended to be read by at least ten people.
Please pass it on when you arc through.

CONTENTS

Wilmington's Industrial Expansion 2

Executive Director's Statement 4

Morehead City Centennial 5

Harbor Projects 6

Dow Facilities Expanded

Manchester Service 7

Phosphate Explorations 7

Holland-America Line 8

Dairy Products 10

Gantry Cranes 10

Tandem Operation 1 1

Ports Plan Expansion 12

Port Facilities — Wilmington 14

Port Facilities — Morehead City 1 5

Stockholm Returns 16

More Cruises Set . 16

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

N. C. Ocean Terminals
P. O. Box 145— Telephone 6-3159
TWX: Morehead City, N. C. 8782

J. D. HOLT, Operations Manager

WALTER H. FRIEDFRICHS

Assistant

com n

The S. S. Southport is just one of the United States Lines vessels making
regular stops at Wilmington. The new service for the State Docks is less
than a year old and connects North Carolina with the British hies and tin
Antwerp-Hamburg range of Continental ports.

Wilmington's Industrial Expansion

WILMINGTON SELECTED AS
NEW PLANT SITE

Mr. Raymond Largent, vice-president and project
manager of the Allied-Kennecott Titanium Corpora-
tion, has announced that Wilmington has been select-
ed as the site for their multi-million dollar titanium
sponge plant. The plant will produce titanium billets
and torgings, and will contain a complete laboratory to
carry on a program of research and development.

The plant site is located south of Wilmington on
the Cape Fear River, and covers approximately 1,500
acres. This location offers low cost water transportation,
water for cooling purposes, with a plentiful supply of
labor in the immediate area. About 500 people will be
employed at the new plant, some of which will be
technicians. Plant erection and capital investment will
amount to approximately $40,000,000.

Water tests have been made on the site of the plant
recently. The purpose of the water tests is to determine
whether the plant will use water obtained from wells
or from the Cape Fear River. The tests will also reveal
how much water can be withdrawn from the well and
how wells, if used, are to be spaced.

The 138-foet well was dug by the Heater-Wells
Company of Raleigh, contractor. The chemical quali-
ties of the water will also be analysed. Up to 700 gal-
lons per minute have been withdrawn from the well.

Allied-Kennecott plans soon to clear land, prepara-
tory to excavation for laying the foundations of the
plant building.

Titanium is a very important metal found principal-
ly in ilmenite and rutile ore, and always with other
elements. It may be found in several localities, includ-
ing North Carolina.

This new wonder metal is stronger than aluminum,
lighter than steel, and corrosion-resistant. It is used in
jet engines, guided missiles, chemical equipment, elec-
tronics and other new and modern ways.

Allied-Kennecott Titanium Corporation was form-
ed earlier in the year by Allied Chemical and Dye Cor-
poration and Kennecott Copper Corporation in order to
utilize the resources and experiences of each in chem-
ical processing and metal fabricating.

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company was
instrumental in assisting the corporation to find the
most logical site for their new plant.

Wilmington and New Hanover County are indeed
fortunate to have Allied-Kennecott locate here, and
the state as a whole will benefit economically from
the operation.

NEW MILL WILL EXPAND

Wilmington's new hosiery mill will soon employ
close to 500 people. Mr. Samuel Rosenblum, president
of Hanover Mills, Inc., has announced that a new
building will be erected on their Carolina Beach Road
site. The building is now under construction by Indus-
trial Properties, Inc., a local building corporation.

Until the completion of the new structure, it is ex-
pected that the mill will continue operations on a lim-
ited basis.

A ASPHALT COMPANY ALSO
SELECTS SITE

The American Bituminous and Asphalt Company
has selected Wilmington as the site for its new
asphalt terminal.

Initial contact was made with firm approximately
five years ago. The announcement was made in Wil-
mington during the summer.

The new terminal is expected to be ready for spring
delivery and will provide improved service in meeting
current demands for asphalts of all kinds in the Wil-
mington area and in accommodating anticipated in-
creases in asphalt requirements for the region.

The plant is expected to have an overall value of sev-
eral hundred thousand dollars, and when full produc-
tion is reached will bring three or four ships per month
into Wilmingtop harbor with raw asphalt for the plant.

The company plans to construct its own docks, with
a one-ship berth. Approximately 40 persons will be
employed when the plant goes into full production.
Truckload shipments from the terminal will be handl-
ed by skilled personnel to insure on-job deliveries at
proper temperatures.

The terminal will supply a full line of products for
streets, road and highway maintenance and construc-
tion, including asphalt cements, emulsified asphalt
and asphalt cutbacks.

The location of the plant is north of the N. C. State
Docks on the Cape Fear River. The company is a sub-
sidiary of Standard Oil Company of California.

♦ SUGAR REFINING COM-
PANY SELECTS SITE

The Savannah Sugar Refining Company of Savan-
nah, Georgia, has announced plans to erect storage
tanks, an office building, and docks on a site located in
north Wilmington.

W. W. Sprague, Jr., Manager of the Liquid Sugar
Department, made the announcement, and said his
firm would establish a terminal to handle liquid sugar,
which is carried via the inland waterway by barge.

The company will bring in about 1 ,000 tons of liquid
sugar at a time. It is estimated that the local plant will
handle 50 million pounds of the sugar per year.

The product is used in the soft-drink industry and by
bakeries, and there are many large consumers in North
Carolina. Savannah Sugar Refining Company pioneer-
ed liquid sugar in the South, finding it less expensive
to handle as a liquid than in the crystal form.

Since much of the work is semi-automatic there will
not be too many additional jobs created, but some local
help will be needed. The firm expects to begin its Wil-
mington activities around the first of the year. Equip-
ment has already been ordered.

The liquid sugar will be moved from the Wilmington
terminal by tanker trucks and railway cars to consum-
ers in the Carolinas.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

The fiscal year just ended showed sound growth and development of our State
Docks, both at Wilmington and Morehead City.

Morehead City's dry commercial cargo rose from 19,000 tons in 1955-56 to
over 40,000 tons in 1956-57. Tobacco cargoes increased from fourteen to
twenty-four, with a total of 23,400,000 pounds shipped through this port. Liquid
tonnages remained about the same at Morehead City with a slight decrease in
petroleum but an increase was shown in glycol and fish oil. Total commercial
cargoes handled at this port amounted to 311,531 tons. In addition to this,
82,431 tons of military cargo, in the form of Marine Corps troop movements,
passed over the docks.

The State Docks at Wilmington continued their steady growth of past years
with a total of 314,951 tons of commercial dry cargo handled. Increases were
shown in almost every major commodity and many new items were handled for
the first time.

At Morehead City additions were made to our plant in the way of a fumiga-
tion chamber and a 40,000 square foot transit shed.

At Wilmington two gantry cranes — capable of handling, in tandem, 90-tons
— were added, giving this port sorelv needed heavy lifting equipment.

A scheduled service was announced by the Holland-America Line for the
Morehead City port, giving this state an additional service to the continental ports
of Europe.

Two new services were announced for the Wilmington port. The first was
made by Manchester Lines with services to Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester and
Dublin, and the second was made by the Royal Netherlands Steamship Line with
services to the West Indies and Venezuela.

Our ports should show additional growth during the fiscal year we are just
entering, for it is felt that the people of North Carolina are now realizing the great
value of these facilities to them.

Looking east toward the State Port Terminal, Morehead City's
9-streets wide and 38-streets long peninsula can be seen stretch-
ing toward Beaufort. Bogue Sound can be seen on the right
while the waters of Calico Creek, Newport River and Core
Creek are on the left. The inland waterway fronts the south
and east sides of the Port Terminal in the background.

MOREHEAD CITY

CELEBRATES

100TH BIRTHDAY

Morehead City's gala celebration of its one hund-
redth birthday was an event long to be talked about and
remembered by participants and observers from all over
this section of the country. The big birthday party was
staged in August and lasted from the fourth through
the tenth, including events and activities of interest to
everyone.

Emphasis was placed on the use that can be made of
new installations at Morehead, such as riding stables,
an excellent licet of party boats for fishing enthusiasts,
pleasure craft accommodations, Fort Macon Park and
Beach, a new golf course, the new Morehead Biltmore
Hotel, new developments for summer residents and all-
year citizens, and a new swimming pool.

Some of the special events carried on during the Cen-
tennial were band concerts, a PGA-sanctioned Pro- \m
Golf Tourney, boat races, and Little Tbcatre presenta-
tions. An Antique Car Show was held, as well as a large,
colorful parade, a Water Pageant with a huge fireworks
display, and many beach activities.

John Motley Morehead's dream has come true:
where there was no development to ^pc.ik of a hundred
vears ago, there is now .1 thriving resort, fishing center
— both pleasure and commercial — agricultural center.
and port, with mam new industries developing. These
facets of Morehead City life are well-known to most
North Carolinians, and all have contributed to a new
economy for the state as a whole.

SURPLUS

DAIRY PRODUCTS

MOREHEAD CITY

Morehead City's Ocean Terminals saw its first move-
ment of surplus dairy products over the docks in late
June.

The cargo, surplus cheese, was sent overseas under
the CARE program. The new cargo at Morehead City
was hailed as the first of a series of such shipments
through the port.

The three million pounds of cheese was outloaded
on the Rock Springs Victory, bound for Yugoslavia.

The Rock Springs Victory is an American vessel un-
der the managership of the U. S. Department of Com-
merce. Shipping agent was the Morehead City Ship-
ping Company.

The S. S. SOUTHPORT docked in Wilmington re-
cently to take on a cargo of vehicles for U. S. Air Force
bases overseas. Shown in the photo below is one of the
new gantry cranes at North Carolina State Docks as
it lifts a tank trailer to the ship. Each tanker weighed
approximately 16,000 lbs.

In addition to several tankers, the SOUTHPORT
also loaded small tractors.

This is just one of several vehicle shipments to leave
from the State Docks at Wilmington. The frequency
of such cargoes, particularly heavy lifts, is increasing
steadily, due in large part to the new gantry cranes.

NEW GANTRY

CRANES AT

STATE DOCKS

* *SI Ks ^^liH

A transformer weighing 47 tons is lifted from the
hold of the M. S. THOMAS NELSON by two huge
gantry eranes. Four transformers were unloaded by
the eranes, setting a record for heavy lifts in the Wil-
mington Harbor area.

The THOMAS NELSON tied up at the State Docks
in Wilmington in August to discharge the transformers,
which were made in England. They are now at Sevier-
ville, Tennessee, for use by the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority.

In the foreground of the photo the roof of one of the
transit sheds is shown, with the transformer being low-
ered to a rail car on the other side, between the shed
and the ship. Dockside rail facilities on the 46-foot
apron made it possible to move the heav\ lifts directlv
from ship to rail car.

The photo below shows the two ^antn cranes with
a lift of over 65 tons. When operating in tandem, the
cranes have a total capacitx of 90 tons.

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TANDEM

CRANE

OPERATION

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HOLLAND-AMERICA LI

Holland-America Line begins scheduled freighter service

m Morehead City

For the convenience of North Carolina shippers and consignees,
the Holland-America Line has included Morehead City in its schedule
of regular freighter service between East Coast Ports and Northern Eu-
rope. The service began with the sailing of the SS SCHIEDYK on
August 10, with a cargo consisting mainly of tobacco.

The announcement was made by James V. Gurge, Holland-Amer-
ica's Freight Traffic Manager at New York, during a luncheon aboard
the MV KINDERDYK prior to her sailing in the company's Red Star
Line Service.

It is planned to provide one sailing from Morehead City everv 4
weeks, linking the port with Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bre-
men. The present schedule includes the SLOTERDYK September 21,
MV KLOOSTERDYK October 18, and the SCHIEDYK November 15.

Among those attending the luncheon were Gov. Luther H. Hodges
with a party of dignitaries, D. G. Bell, State Senator of Morehead City,
and Jack Holt, Morehead City Port Manager.

Left photo: The KINDERDYK taking on tobacco, 3 hogsheads at a time.

Center photo: Hogsheads going "over the side".

Right photo: Mr. Edwin Pate, left, looks on as Mr. lames V. Gurge, Freight
Traffic Manager of Holland- America, shakes hands with Governor Hodges upon
announcement of regular service between Morehead City and Continental ports.

HARBOR
PROJECTS WIN
APPROVAL

U. S. Corps of Engineers Dredge Henry Bacon

Favorable actions on improvements to both major
North Carolina harbors have been recorded during the
past several weeks.

The North Carolina delegation to the National Riv-
ers and Harbors Congress in Washington, D. C. receiv-
ed favorable action on projects for dredging at both
Morehead City and Wilmington.

Beaufort Inlet Channel and Morehead City harbor
were given a top priority by the Congress, and a survey
was endorsed to study the deepening of the Cape Fear
River from the ocean to Wilmington to a 40-foot
project depth.

The Wilmington project was launched after local

officials studied a natural trough in the river bed in the
Southport area where the depth exceeds 40 feet.

A survey of the trough and its possible use in connec-
tion with commerce was endorsed by the Rivers and
Harbors Congress.

The delegation stressed, in relation to the Wilming-
ton project, that the natural trough in the Cape Fear
River was the southern-most natural deep-water harbor
on the Atlantic Coast. It was pointed out that this nat-
ural asset was expected to be of vast value in light of the
development of both super-tankers and the jumbo-sized
bulk load freighters that are today taking their place
in the commerce of the world.

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DOW ADDS

FACILITIES AT

MOREHEAD CITY

Dow Chemical Company plans to erect an additional
storage tank at its Morehead City facilities for handl-
ing of glycol. Bids have been let and construction is to
be started immediately by C. M. Hefelfinger and Reco
Tanks, Inc., of Wilmington, North Carolina and Rich-
mond, Virginia, respectively.

Dow is alread\ r engaged in the shipment of glycol by

tanker out of Morehead City to Freeport, Texas, and
the new tank will enable the company to store 15,000
additional barrels. The glycol, which is refined in Texas,
is a by-product of the DuPont plant in Kinston, North
Carolina, but is also received from points in New Jer-
sey and Ohio, resulting in the need for the acldititni.il
storage facilities mentioned above.

MANCHESTER VESSELS CALL AT
WILMINGTON

One of the four steamship lines making regularly
scheduled calls at the North Carolina State Docks in
Wilmington is Manchester Liners, Ltd. Their vessels
now call at Wilmington every two weeks, and connect
the port with two of England's ports, Manchester and
Liverpool.

There are four ships in this service taking general
cargo, a substantial amount of which is tobacco, to
The United Kingdom. They return to Wilmington
bearing general cargo for unloading at the State Docks.

Advance schedules listed as the first ship the MAN-
CHESTER SHIPPER, which called here in August
and will return on October 1 8 and again on December
12. The BRAZILIAN PRINCE, September 2 1 , is
followed by the MANCHI STI R CITY on October 4
and the MANCHESTER PROGRESS on November 8.

The new service is expected to make importing and
exporting much more economical for North Carolina
firms now doing business abroad and tor those wishing
to initiate such business.

PHOSPHATE EXPLORATIONS

The Bear Creek Mining Compam, a subsidiary of
Kennecott Copper Company, and a member of the in-
dustrial family which includes Allied-Kennecott Titan-
ium Corporation, has requested a lease on 60,000 acres
of state-owned submerged land in the Pamlico River
and Pungo River area. Recently, the Mineral Resources
Committee of the State Department of Conservation
and Development approved this request, subject to the
approval of the full board.

If the explorations of the Hear C reek compam meet
with success, and sufficient deposits of phosphate are
discovered, there is c\er\ possibilitv lor the establish
ment of a twenty-five million dollar industry for the
area. The compam also plans to acquire some 250,000
acres from private owners in the territory.

Under the lease approved b\ the State committee,
the Hear Creek Mining Compam would paj the State
a minimum of SI 5,000 per \ear lor up to five years
while explorations are in progress, \lter mining opera-
tions begin the State would receive- a minimum of
$100,000 per year with royalties ol 20 cents per ton
on a sliding scale.

One of the many
shipments of tobacco
being loaded for export
from North Carolina
ports.

EXPANSIONS PLANNED BY BC

Engineering contracts were recently signed by en-
gineers and the State Ports Authority for expansion
work at the State Docks in Wilmington and the Ocean
Terminals at Morehead City.

J. N. Pease & Company of Charlotte, N. C. was se-
lected as engineer for the construction of the dock ex-
tension planned for Wilmington and Henry M. von
Oesen was selected as engineer for transit shed con-
struction and railroad and road work planned for the
State Docks.

The dock extension is required by the increasing
number of vessels calling at the Docks. Several times
ships have been turned away for lack of space and many
ships have been kept waiting, anchored in the river,
because of inadequate space. The new extension work

The new fumigation plant at Morehead City Ocean Ter-
minals, completed during the last year, offers a vital service
to tobacco shippers.

will probably begin the end of 1957 and be completed
by the end of 1958.

The new transit shed structure is necessary be-
cause of the limited space now available for cargo to
be assembled prior to shipment. Railroad and road
work is required by additional business using these fa-
cilities, both for additions and betterments.

Architect-Engineer for construction of a new ware-
house at Morehead City Ocean Terminals is A. J. Max-
well, of Goldsboro, North Carolina. The warehouse is
expected to add approximately 100,000 square feet of
additional storage space to the facilities at the port.

Approximately $800,000 will be spent at the More-
head City Ocean Terminal and in the neighborhood of
$2,600,000 at the State Docks in Wilmington.

This new steel transit shed gives the Morehead City port
40,000 square feet of additional storage space for transit car-
goes. Completed in 1956.

Above left: The HOPEV1LLE prepares to take on tobacco.
Above center: Tobacco hogsheads are hoisted onto the ship.

Above right: One of the two new gantry cranes in operation
at Wilmington State Docks. This one is loading scrap metal.

At right: Woodpulp ready for shipment from Wilmington
State Docks.

m PORTS

Cases of tea arrive at

Wilmington via

the STEEL MAKER

from across the sea.

ydL«£-

WILMINGTON

N. C. STATE DOCKS, Philip L. Sullivan, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing three 500-foot vessels simultaneously,
with depth of 32 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE : Three acres of paved open storage,
easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two 45-ton gantry cranes
now in operation.

One 3 5-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton loco-
motive crane.
Two Diesel switching locomotives.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts of
various sizes with accessories such as cotton clamps,
etc. Light and heavy tractors and trailers and
straddle trucks. Facilities for full palletization of
cargoes.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Rail and truck clocks
for loading and unloading at the transit sheds and
warehouse: ramps for easy access into sheds and
warehouses; portable side and end loading ramps for
rail cars.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumigation
plant with two vacuum chambers.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside. Export crat-
ing service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard
Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous highway
motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Securitv force on duty at all times.

**T^&*

MOREHEAD CITY

N. C. OCEAN TERMINALS, J. D. Holt, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 2,5 50 feet long with a 34-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing four 500-foot cargo ships and one petro-
leum tanker, with a depth of 30 feet at mean low
water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000 square
feet, constructed of steel, concrete and masonry
with sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, constructed of
galvanized iron, with sprinklers.
A third transit shed, the newest, is of pre-fabricated
steel construction with sprinklers and has capacity
of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, totaling
88,000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area is avail-
able.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with

detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cotton
clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for lull palletization of
cargoes.

Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment For the loading ol

grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks for

loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for easj access into transit sheds and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Up-to-date fumigation plant of most
modem concrete and steel construction is now in
operation. I arge single ( lumber is of latest design.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supph .it shipside. Served h\
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Co. One inter-
state true k line on property . and sen ed b\ numerous
highwaj motor transportation companies.

SI CI RITY: Security force on duh at all times.

STOCKHOLM RETURNS
TO WILMINGTON

Plans were announced during the summer for two
medical seminar cruises to originate in Wilmington.

The first cruise, under the sponsorship of Jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia, will begin November
9th and last 1 3 days. Stops will be made at Havana,
Cape Hatien, San Juan, Guadaloupe, Antigua, and St.
Thomas.

The second cruise, which starts November 30 and
lasts for six days, will be sponsored by the University
of Maryland Medical School. Stops will be made at Ha-
vana and Nassau.

Both cruises will be made on the Swedish Luxury
liner, M. S. STOCKHOLM, which has been sailing
from North Carolina ports since 1954.

MORE CRUISES SET FOR WILMINGTON

Governor Luther H. Hodges was notified in late July
that the Port of Wilmington has been selected to bring
the flag ship of the AROSA Line Fleet, the new M. V.
AROSA SKY, for two 14-and 15-day-long cruises to the
West Indies and South America. The notification was
received from Mr. John E. Smith, Jr., of Washington,
D. C, who is piesident of the Caribbean Cruise Lines,
and who stated that Wilmington had been selected over
Charleston, Savannah and Norfolk because of the in-
terest shown in having these cruises originate from a
North Carolina port.

The AROSA SKY is a 20,000 ton luxury liner,
manned by a Swiss crew and equipped with the finest
passenger accomodations. This will be the first season
for the vessel to be cruising from U. S. A. ports.

Mr. Smith said, in his letter to Governor Hodges,
"With the tremendous increase in population and
wealth of your progressive State of North Carolina, we
feel that we should bring in vessels to serve your state
and through your ports the entire South, instead of hav-
ing your citizens travel hundreds and hundreds of miles
to distant ports to enjoy this most relaxing of all vaca-
tions, a luxury liner cruise."

Mr. Smith has extended an invitation for Governor
and Mrs. Hodges to make the first cruise from Wilming-
ton which departs on January 9 and covers 5,880 miles
of cruising, visiting Havana, Panama Canal, Curacao,
Trinidad, Martinque and other ports. The ship will re-
turn to Wilmington on January 23.

Reservations for the cruises will be handled through
any travel agency.

}j SITU! Mjl[ AMI lUlNJElSI

India, Pakistan, Ceylon
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq
Thailand, Burma
Hawaiian Islands
Malaya, Philippines

Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam
Alexandria, Lebanon, Red Sea
Near and Middle East

Wilmington Agents

Wilmington Shipping Co.

TeL Wilmington RO 2-3381

PROVISIONS, DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

O. E. DuRANT

SHIP CHANDLER

Representative oi
Columbia Rope
International Paint
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.

Wilmington, N. C.

Telephone RO 2-4232
Water & Market Sts.

WILMINGTON: OFFICE RO 2-3327 - RES. RO 3-2893

niNM^RODUCF

FROZEN FOOD CO. S

WHOLESALE

Ship Chandlery Division
Provisions — Deck and Engine Supplies

JIMMY BATUYIOS

P. O. Box 1676 121 Hanover St.

WILMINGTON. N. C.

Serving Wilmington and Morehead City

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY. NORTH CAROLINA

P. O. BOX 249
TELEPHONES 6-4651 & 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

Peter B. Ruffin

President

W. P. Emerson

Vice-President

Wade H. Pierce

Assistant Secretary

William T. Davies

Manager

W. D. Williams

Secretary

I. P. Wilson

Treasurer

Lemuel L. Doss, Jr.

Traffic Manager

Federal Maritime Board freight Forwarder Registration No. 37G

HEIDE AND CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

FORWARDING AGENTS
STEVEDORES
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

yo's AGe- v

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

Cable Address

"HEIDE" WILMINGTON-CAROLINA

Telephone RO 3-5161

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 223

READY TO SERVE . . .

Your Port Of Wilmington Needs

In every phase of the agricultural and
industrial development of North Caro-
lina, this bank has been an important
factor.

It has consistently cooperated with the
grower, the manufacturer, the shipper
and the merchant, helping to make
North Carolina the prosperous, progres-
sive State that it is.

THE

WILMINGTON SAVINGS AND

TRUST COMPANY

"NORTH CAROLINA'S PORT BANK"

COMMERCIAL • TRUST • SAVINGS

Established 1888

Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Cer;
Member Federal Res

N. C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

P. O. BOX 1619

WILMINGTON. N. C.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIBRARY
RALEIGH, N.C.

BULK RATE
U. S. Postage

PAI D

Wilmington, N. C.
Permit No. 225

FORM 3547 REQUESTED

Hulls

Cargoes

Yachts

P. O. BOX 897^^j
RO 2-7721 ^^^

^Hnsurance v

^J^, ESTABLISHED
^^ 1878

All Other

otection & Indemnii
Marine & Overseas

Coverages

SHIP LAUNDRY

AND DRY CLEANING

One Day Service

IDEAL LAUNDRY AND DRY
CLEANERS, INC.

FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE RO 2-6651

WILMINGTON, N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART. (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK, N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

(iRKKNHEAKT is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

DESIGNERS &
BUILDERS

FLOATING CRANES

TUGS • BARGES

DREDGES • FLOATING

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS

Ocean Steamship Terminals

TRAVELING GANTRIES
WHIRLY CRANES

COMPANY. INC.

P. O. Box 647, Savannah, Ga.

FROM PORT TO PORTAL
—BY TRUCK!

CLEVELAND 486 MILES
CHICAGO 735 AMIES • . PITTSBURGH 422 MILES

NEW YORK 49 MILES
LOUISVILLE 381 MILES

ATLANTA 210 MILES

JACKSONVILLE 400 MILES

All of North Carolina — and the nation — is on the
main line by truck. In 1800 North Carolina com-
munities and 7 counties, trucks are the only freight
transportation. Truck transportation places 80 mil-
lion people and 7 of America's 12 largest cities within
less than a day's haul of North Carolina borders.

NORTH CAROLINA
MOTOR CARRIERS ASSOCIATION, Inc.

Trucking Industry Building, Raleigh, N. C.

A ^H North C .xanr

&b6£ CaAjotitao

II ii

SPRING 1958

•-.iff-'

•"•T.""

o*™4<, MOREHEAD CITY

WILMINGTON *^?«SS*

HEIDE & CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

FORWARDING AGENTS
STEVEDORES
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

v oVO's ^s Ncy

Cable Address

'HEIDE" MOREHEADCITY-CAROLINA

Telephone
6-5080 or 6-3652

R. L. HICKS, Manager

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

PETER B. RUFFIN

President

W. D. WILLIAMS

Secretary

WADE H. PIERCE

Assistant Secretary

W. P. EMERSON

Vice-President

J. P. WILSON

Treasurer

LEMUEL L. DOSS, JR.

Traffic Manager

Wilmington Shipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809
Telephone RO 2-3381

Cable Address
WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Regular service between North Carolina Ports and Ireland, United
Kingdom, and North Continental Europe will call at Baltic and
Scandinavian ports when sufficient cargo offers.

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

South Atlantic Ports direct to Honolulu, Yokahoma, Manila, Keev-
ing, Kobe and other Far East Ports.

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Wilmington Agent — Wilmington Shipping Co.

Phone RO 2-3381

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

Wilmington Agent— Heide & Co. — Phone RO 3-5161

UNITED STATES LINES CO.

NEW YORK 4. N. Y. DIGBY 4-5800

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C. S. P. A.

Spring, 19 58

Vol. IV, No. 1

General Offices
Drawer 1619, Wilmington

Executive Offices

215-219 Education Building

Raleigh, N. C.

MEMBERS OE THE BOARD

JOHN M. REEVES, Chairman

WILLIAM G. CLARK, JR.,
Vice-Chairman

COLLIER COBB, JR.

KIRKWOOD F. ADAMS

ROBERT L. EICHELBERGER

CHARLES D. GRAY

EARL N. PHILLIPS

J. ED KIRK, Secretary-Treasurer

E. E. LEE, JR., Acting Director

II. C. JACKSON, Traffic Manager

R. A. DeVANE, Assistant Treasurer

W. W. WILLSON, Public Relations
Director

NEW YORK OFFICE

39 Broadway, Wing 618
New York 6, N. Y.

BOwling Green 9-8389
TWX: NY 1-4414

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS

New York Representative

WILMINGTON OFFICE

N. C. State Docks

P. O. Box 1619 — Telephone

ROgcr 3-1622

TWX: WM 77

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN

Operations Manager

MOREIIEAD CITY OFFICE

N. C. Ocean Terminals
P. O. Box 14 5— Telephone 6-3159
TWX: Morehead City, N. C. 8782

W. H. 1 1111 DFR1CHS
Acting Operations Manager

SELL YOUR STATE PORTS

This magazine is intended to he read by at least ten people.
Please pass it on when you are through.

CONTENTS

What They Say 2

New Board Is Named

Babcock and Wilcox . . . Shipper

Tobacco Exports Increase Tremendously . 8

Luxury Liners Use Port as Cruise Base 10

Heaving A Line 12

Southern Acquires A&EC

1 J .

Port Facilities — Wilmington 14

Port Facilities — Morehead City

Shipping Sets New Record in 195'

COM R

The MY Stockholm, luxury liner that has become a regular cruise ship
from North Carolina, was caught in thi* striking photograph iu*t prior to
one i»/ the three fall nips to the Caribbean from Y. C. Statt Docks in
Wilmington in December. The Swedish-American vessel has .i/;<./.h /■< < pi
booked for three cruises again next fall.

WHAT THEY SAY

■fresh Ofar^ &Mt C5tate J^orts

One thing can be said for sure about the
new State Ports Authority named Tuesday
by Governor Hodges: It has a trying yet ex-
tremely important job.

The authority's difficulties stem mainly
from the fact that it is charged with de-
velopment and operation of two ports. Nat-
urally there has been, is and will be rivalry
and jealousy between Wilmington and More-
head City, a competition not only for busi-
ness but for state appropriations and sup-
port. Distinct advantages would be gained
from concentration upon one port. But over
against these advantages is the reasonable
conclusion that two ports can be expected to
handle a greater volume of tonnage, between
them, than one port could.

Whatever may be said now, the state is
committed to two ports, with a substantial
investment in each of them. Thus the re-
sponsibility of the SPA and its executive di-
rector, admittedly caught in a squeeze, is
to maintain a state-wide perspective and to
make the most of potentialities at both More-
head City and Wilmington. Both have made
marked progress but their potential is far
from attained.

As in the case of the State Highway Com-
mission, Governor Hodges came to the stud-
ied conclusion that the ports situation was
such that an entirely new authority was nec-
essary for a fresh start and a different ap-
proach. The Governor voiced particular con-
cern over the SPA's public relations, which
we take to include selling these facilities to
the shipping lines and to Tar Heel business
and industry. The personnel of the new au-
thority indicates that particular attention was
paid to selling ability in their selection.
Members come not from the ports areas but
from upstate communities where it is essen-
tial that good will and greater utilization of
both the Wilmington and Morehead City
facilities be preached and attained.

In development and operation of both
ports, it must be recognized that Wilmington
ties in with industrial development of the en-
tire southeastern part of the state and the
lower Cape Fear basin and that Morehead
City, in turn, is likely to have greater usage

by the military, in view of its proximity to
Camp Lejeune, and benefits from direct rail
connection with the populous Piedmont and
even the mountain area through the South-
ern Railway's recent acquisition of the A.
and E. C. We have no doubt that reaction
to the Buckley Report and events which have
occurred since its revelation had large part
in building up the problem.

Indicated removal of SPA headquarters
from Wilmington to Raleigh is obviously part
of the effort to end interport rivalry and dis-
solve the idea that either state port has ad-
ministrative advantage over the other. From
one angle it does appear that the Raleigh
transfer would take the executive director's
office quite far from the base of the opera-
tions with which it is charged. But distance
means less and less these days. Each port has
its own manager, under the executive direc-
tor and the policy-making authority; actual
operating details will presumably be left to
him, within prescribed policy confines; and
the executive director, while entrusted with
supervision and correlation, will be expected
to concentrate upon developing business for
both Morehead City and Wilmington and
persuading shipping lines to make a North
Carolina port of call.

We entrust that everybody concerned will
realize that primary responsibility is to de-
velop the potentialities of the two ports and
to envision the interest and advancement of
the State of North Carolina rather than the
narrower gains for any given community.
The Governor faced a tough decision; he
should be given credit for making that de-
cision courageously and in a manner which
he deemed necessary to remedy a bad situa-
tion and assure richer dividends from funds
which the state as a whole has poured into
port developments.

North Carolina has two well-developed
ports; the challenge is to get more shippers
to use them. This goal is not to be attained
by Morehead City's and Wilmington's firing
away at one another.

Editorial Reprinted from The Greensboro
Daily News, November 4, 1957.

Supreme Court Justice William Rodman gives oath of office to the
new State Ports Authority in ceremonies at Raleigh, November 12.

...TOURS STATE FACILITIES

Governor Luther Hodges appointed a new State
Ports Authority on Nov. 5, 1957, and attended the
swearing-in ceremonies in the Hall of the House a
week later. At the organizational meeting of the new
Board, John Mercer Reeves of Pinehurst was selected
chairman and William Grimes Clark, Jr., of Tarboro
was picked as vice-chairman. Collier Cobb, Jr., Chapel
Hill, was named as the third member of the executive
committee inasmuch as Edgar Kirk, assistant director
of the Department of Conservation and Development
was appointed secretary-treasurer of the new Authority.

Governor Hodges outlined a five-point program for
the new Board: objectivity, public relations, end of
inter-port squabbles, increased tonnages, and a long-
range program.

Immediately after their initial meeting, the mem-
bers decided to visit Southport, Wilmington and More-
head City to inspect the facilities at the three natural
harbors under their jurisdiction. Although there are

not yet any State-owned docks at Southport, the law
establishing the SPA authorized the Board to develop
that coastal town's dock facilities if and when there
was recognized need.

The Board was greeted at each port by a delegation
of civic leaders and businessmen interested in the de-
velopment of their respective communities. The visits
included both formal and informal dinners, tours, re-
ceptions and, of course, inspection of State-owned
docks in Wilmington and Morchead City.

At the second Board meeting, held in Pinehurst Dec.
3, the SPA ordered that the offices of the executive di-
rector and those of the solicitation ami public relations
departments be moved to Raleigh. It also named II.
Lee, Jr., director of commerce and traffic, acting director
until a new director could be named, and moved Walter
I'ricderichs up to acting operations manager of the
docks at Morehead City in place of J. D. Holt.

The new Board hears Colonel Heiss, commanding officer of Sunny Point Army Terminal, explain the role
of the Army's docks on the Cape Fear River.

The third meeting of the new Board was held in Ra-
leigh Dec. 1 7 and was largely a routine business ses-
sion.

Six of the seven new members of the SPA are North
Carolina businessmen; the seventh is General Robert
Eichelberger whose record in the Pacific theatre during
World War II is still one of the most talked of subjects
in military annals.

Following is a brief biography of each new Board
member:

John Mercer Reeves, Pinehurst, is chairman of the
Board of Reeves Brothers, Inc., New York City. He is
a native of Surry County, and was educated at the Mt.
Airy schools, Oak Ridge Preparatory school and re-
ceived his A.B. at the University of North Carolina,
1910. He also did graduate work at the University of
Chicago and textiles at North Carolina State College.
He has been awarded an L.L.D. from American Uni-
versity at Washington, D. C. and the same degree from
Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Mr.
Reeves is former president of the Board of Education of
Summit, New Jersey, and serves as a member of the
Board of Directors of the Greater New York Councils,
Boy Scouts of America, and as a member of the Board
of Trustees of American University and Centenary
College for Women at Hackettstown, New Jersey. He
has been active in YMCA work also. He is married to
Virginia McKenzie Reeves and they have three children,
Virginia C, Ann C, and Emily M.

William Grimes Clark, Jr., Tarboro, is president of
the Tarboro Savings and Loan Association, and Clark
Industries, Inc. He also serves as director of Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Company, Security National

Bank and Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Born in Maryland, Mr. Clark was graduated from Tar-
boro high school, attended Augusta Military school and
the University of North Carolina. He is chairman of
the Edgecombe County Democratic Executive Commit-
tee, and formerly served as a member of the Town of
Tarboro Board of Aldermen. He has participated in
civic affairs. He and his wife, Frances, have two child-
ren, a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Clark Schultz, and a son,
William Grimes Clark III.

Collier Cobb, Jr., Chapel Hill, is president of Service
Insurance and Realty Company, and is chairman of
the board, Bank of Chapel Hill. A native of Lilesville,
Mr. Cobb received an A.B. at the University of North
Carolina, 1914 and a B.S. in Civil Engineering at the
same institution, 1915. A veteran in public service, he
has served as a member of the Orange County Board of
Commissioners for 1 4 years, with 1 years of this time
as chairman of the board. He has been a member of the
Chapel Hill School Board and the Chapel Hill Planning
Board for six years. He and Mrs. Cobb, the former
Emma Estes, have a daughter, Nancy Estes Cobb, and
a son, Collier Cobb III.

Kirkwood Floyd Adams, Roanoke Rapids, has been
in the paper manufacturing and selling business since
1926, and is now executive vice-president of the Hali-
fax Paper Company. Mr. Adams attended Virginia
Military Institute for two years, and then was graduat-
ed from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in com-
merce and science. He has been active in many civic,
church, trade and fraternal organizations, including the
Roanoke River Basin Association, American Red Cross,
Kiwanis, Executives Club, Roanoke Rapids Library,
American Pulpwood Association, American Manage-
ment Association and others.

On their initial tour of the ports, the SPA members took a ride up the Cape Fear aboard an Army craft
and inspected the vast resources of North Carolina's deep water terminals.

Robert L. Eichelberger, Biltmore Forest, has acted as
advisor on Far Eastern affairs to the Secretary of the
Army, and has written a book, "Jungle Road to Tokyo,"
and numerous articles for national periodicals. During
World War II he commanded the Eighth Army on the
drive from Australia to Japan, 1942-45. He served as
commander of ground forces during the first three years
of occupation of Japan and was second in command
to General Douglas MacArthur. A native of Urbana,
Ohio, the General attended Ohio State University for
two years before entering West Point, where he was
graduated in 1909. He was a distinguished graduate of
the Command and Gradu, te Staff School, 1926; Army
War College, 1930; and served as Superintendent of
the U. S. Military Academy, 1940-42. Since retiring to
Biltmore Forest, he has been active in civic and
church affairs. Mrs. Eichelberger is the former Emma
Gudger of Asheville.

Charles Dowel Gray, Gastonia, is president of Gray
and Daniel, Inc., selling agents for cotton mills,
and is also a director of Textiles, Inc., a large chain of
textile manufacturing plants. He is the son of George
Alexander Gray, textile pioneer, who started the first
textile mill in Gaston County. A native of Gastonia, Mr.
Gray was educated at Trinity .College and Washington
and Fee University. He has been very active in civic
and community activities and has served as County
Chairman of the U. S. Savings Bond Committee since
1942. He is past president of Kiwanis in Gastonia, a
member of the Advisory Board of the Gaston Memorial
Hospital School for Nursing, a member of the Advisory
Council for Belmont Abbey College, president of the

Gaston County Tuberculosis Association. He and his
wife, the former Clarice Poff, have four children,
Charles D. Gray, Jr., David G. Gray, Mrs. Betty Gray
Summey, all of Gastonia and Mrs. Catherine Gray
Jackson, Wilson Point, Connecticut.

Earl Nor fleet Phillips, High Point, is chairman of
board of Phillips-Davis, Inc., and National Springs,
Inc., and serves as president of Highland Container Co.,
and Electric Supply, Inc. A native of Crewe, Va., Mr.
Phillips attended William and Mary College and Wash-
ington and Fee University. He served as a member of
the High Point City Council from 193 5-1941, and
was Mayor of High Point for two terms, 194 5-49. Ac-
tive in civic and political affairs, he has worked in the
Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, YMCA and on other
community projects, and also served as a delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1944 and
1948. He is married to Lillian Jordan Phillips and they
have two sons, Earl Norllcet Phillips, Jr., and Stanley
Davis Phillips.

/. Edgar Kirk, assistant director of the Department
of Conservation and Development, serves the board as
secretary-treasurer. The son of a Baptist minister, Mr.
Kirk is a native Tar Heel and has lived in many cities
and towns in the state. He is a graduate of Wake Forest
college and has had many years of advertising and
news experience. Prior to joining C and D, he was news
director of radio station WPTK Raleigh. A veteran of
World War IF he holds a -reserve commission in the
Air Force with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Mr.
Kirk, his wife, the former Miss Phyllis Troughton. and
their three children reside in the Brookhaven section
of Raleigh.

Heading for Japan aboard the Mitsui Line are these boiler parts which will soon become a part of the giant Chiba
Thermal Power Station in Tokyo.

BABCOCK AND WILCOX . . . SHIPPER

Babcock and Wilcox is the world's largest manufac-
turer and fabricator of boilers, tubing and refractories.
For nearly 100 years it has been a leader in its field.
Therefore, B&W is a major exporter with units being
shipped all over the world.

Recently the Wilmington plant of Babcock and Wil-
cox built and shipped over 1,600 tons of assembled
units and fabricated components through State Ports
Authority facilities in Wilmington.

First unit to move was a waste-heat boiler to Vene-
zuela aboard Royal Netherlands Lines. Inasmuch as
regular service is maintained to and from Wilmington
by the steamship company, the movement was made
with ease.

Then in November the first of two shipments total-
ing 1,150 tons, the largest movement of locally produc-

Shown at the left are boiler parts, built by Tar Heels, being
stowed aboard a ship for South America.

This waste-heat boiler from the Wil-
mington Works of Babcock and Wilcox
was sent to Venezuela via Royal
Netherlands lines and is a part of the regu-
lar run service available through State
Ports in North Carolina.

The shipment to Japan, part of
ivhich is shown above, was
the largest movement of lo-
cally-produced equipment ever
made from North Carolina's
State Docks in Wilmington.
The shipment totalled
1,150 tons.

ed equipment ever made from the port of Wilmington,
left aboard the Mitsui Line's "Hoeisan Maru" for Tokyo,
Japan.

Weighing more than 450 tons, the initial load was
composed of headers, sections and tubes fabricated by
B&W's Wilmington Works for a boiler being erected at
the Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chiba Thermal Power
Station in Tokyo. The second shipment was made
December 2 aboard the Meirinsan Maru.

Purchased for the utility station by International
General Electric Company, prime contractor for the
project, to serve a 175 megawatt turbine generator
being supplied by IGF, the boiler has a designed steam-
ing capacity of 1,300,000 pounds per hour, the highest
of any boiler ever exported by B&W. It will add 17 5,-
000 kilowatts to the utility's system, which serves an
80 mile radius around Tokyo and Yokohama. Designed
for a pressure of 2,712 pounds per square inch, the

boiler will operate with a steam pressure of 2,4 75 psi
at the superheater outlet and a temperature of 1,060
degrees Fahrenheit. In addition, it will have an hourly
reheat steam flow of 1,100,000 pounds at a pressure of
475 psi and a temperature of 1,010 degrees F. Depend-
ing upon local Japanese fuel conditions, the unit will
burn either 201,000 pounds of pulverized coal or 71,-
200 pounds of oil per hour.

B&W has also contracted to furnish the steam drum,
superheaters and various small parts for a second boiler
being built by Babcock-Hitachi, of Japan, for the Chiba
Thermal Power Station, Identical in every respect to the
first unit, which is expected to enter service late next
year, this second boiler will begin operation in 1959.
Gilbert Associates, Inc., consulting engineers of Read-
ing, Pa., were engaged bv the prime contractor. Inter-
national General Flectric, to engineer and design the
project.

TOBACCO EXPORTS

INCREASE

TREMENDOUSLY

Although the national tobacco export picture has
been reported declining during 1957, shipments
through North Carolina State Port facilities have been
showing a remarkable increase.

Latest figures available, while subject to revision, in-
dicate tobacco exports through N. C. Ocean Terminals
at Morehead City increased by over 44%! Increased
tonnages through N. C. State Docks at Wilmington
were up by at least 39% for the same period.

Exports through both ports during 1957 were set at
36,183 tons as against 25,974 tons for 1956 — an
increase of 10,209 tons.

Tonnages at the SPA docks in Morehead City jump-
ed from 10,477 in 1956 to 15,162 in 1957. For the
same period, tonnages through the State Docks in Wil-
mington climbed from 15,497 to 21,021. Combined
tonnage increase of flue-cured tobacco exports through
State-owned docks for the year were set at 39.3%.

Perhaps one incident that occurred recently indicates
why tobacco is moving in ever-increasing amounts
through Tar Heel ports. A major exporter consigned a
large shipment through Ocean Terminals. En route to

the Morehead City docks, some of the tobacco was
caught in the rain and was slightly damaged. As is
customary, the new tobacco was inspected the minute
it arrived at the State Ports facility, the damaged tobacco
isolated and the shipper was notified.

Naturally that shipper was pleased by the prompt
attention (and protection) he received. "You do not
get such service except at Morehead City," he later
boasted.

Thus the handling of tobacco in Tar Heel ports —
where men know best how to handle the valuable cargo
— must be considered a major factor in the tremendous
increase of export shipments noted during the past
year. Call it "service with a sensitive touch," call it
"good operations," or call it "common sense," the fact is
North Carolinians who grow, barn, auction, re-dry and
process tobacco best also are the best equipped to handle
the Golden Weed for export.

And any time export tonnages jump by 40% in one
year, it is proof that tobacco receives "the care you would
give it" when it moves through the Tar Heel ports of
Morehead City and Wilmington.

Typical scene at Tar Heel ports
— this one at Morchcad ( it\.
Tobacco being exported through
SPA facilities jumped by 40 per
cent during J 957.

Checking loading plans are Capt.
J. W. van der Sluys of the S.
S. Sloterdyk, seated, and Larry
Platted, representative of Hol-
land-America Lines which
maintains regular service be-
tween Morchcad City and the
Continent.

LUXURY LINERS USE PORT
AS CRUISE BASE

The development of North Carolina's ports as a
base for cruise operations during fall and winter months
has been little short of phenomenal as noted by the suc-
cessful bookings by travel agencies. This past fall the
Swedish-American Line's MV Stockholm was a sell-out
on three Caribbean trips out of Wilmington. After the
final cruise on Dec. 6, Allen Travel Service announced
it had already scheduled sailings for October and No-
vember of 1958.

Then on January 9 of this year the MV Arosa Sky, a
$20,000,000 luxury ship of the Arosa Line, made Wil-
mington a port of call for a two-week trip to South
America and the Caribbean. Again on March 17, an-
other 14-day cruise aboard the Arosa Sky is scheduled
from Wilmington. If the Arosa Line's cruises prove to
be as successful as anticipated, there is a strong possi-
bility that additional bookings will be made for the
winter of 1959 and with one of the cruises using More-
head City as port of call instead of Wilmington.

The MV Stockholm, built in 1948, is on regular
trans-Atlantic service during summer months and has
been on the cruise circuit during the fall and winter for
several years. In fact, cruises from North Carolina
originated at the SPA terminal in Morehead City in
1954 and since then the special outings have been
known as the "Tar Heel Cruises." Many conventions
and medical seminars have been held aboard the
Stockholm by North Carolina business and medical
groups since the origin of the cruises.

Vital statistics of the Stockholm: 12,165 tons, 524
feet in length, 69-foot beam, draws 25 feet, and carries
about 400 passengers on cruises.

The Arosa Sky was built in 1949 and is listed at
17,321 tons. She is the largest ship ever to use SPA
facilities, being just shy of 600 feet in length and 75-
feet wide. She draws 27 feet of water and carries about
450 cruise passengers.

The Arosa Sky's tours are under the direction of Ca-
ribbean Cruise Lines, Washington, D. C.

Above: MV Arosa Sky, flag ship of the Arosa Lines, is the
largest sliip ever to put in at SPA facilities in North Carolina.
Among the passengers on her Jan. 9 cruise to South America
were Gov. and Mrs. Lather H. Hodges.

Below left: The MV Stockholm returned from her last "Tar
Heel Cruise" on Dec. 6. It teas announced immediately after

that there would he three more cruises next fall aboard the
Swedish-America): liner.

Below right: Capt. C. \V. Jonsson, master nf the Stockholm,
talks over cruise itinerary with Mr. and Mrs. John Harden of
Greensboro. Mr. Harden is vice-president of Burlington In-
dustries, Inc.

Every organization, we suppose, gets its share of re-
quests for samples. We were not particularly disturbed,
therefore, in the batch of requests for literature and in-
formation from school children throughout the State
to receive the request by a sixth grader in San ford who
wrote: "Please send me the state ports." Freight rates
being what they are, we sent the lad only some material
that could be entered as third class mail.

The SPA Story is slowly but surely being spread. In
the August edition of World Ports the lead article dealt
with the expansion program now being carried on at
the SPA facilities in Wilmington and Morehead City.
In the November edition of the same magazine we had
top billing on the cover with our scrap operation. Then
on the cover of the Mariner for October, the Morehead
City terminals were shown in color as a Holland-Ameri-
ca ship was warped in.

side. Just to keep the record straight, the SPA discover-
ed that 334 cars had to be parked and guarded during
the three Stockholm cruises and of those 334 cars,
seven were found to have dead batteries and nine de-
veloped flat tires. The SPA parked the cars, maintain-
ed 24-hour watch over them, changed flat tires, et al.
And if there is any additional doubt about confusion,
no less than 2 1 pieces of luggage were left on the docks
by forgetful tourists. One man managed to walk off the
docks and head for home without any of his three suit-
cases. He returned, needless to say. All other pieces of
luggage were shipped express collect to their rightful

owners.

* * *

Public Relations — a term often misunderstood or
misrepresented — is best described by Clancy Dayhoff,
PR director for the Port of Los Angeles. He says "Public
relations serves the same purpose to a business as whisk-
ers do to a cat in a dark room.

General Robert Eichelberger, a new member of the
Board, may be best known not for his march from
Australia to Japan, but rather as the man who got
Coach Earl (Red) Blaik to move from Dartmouth to
West Point. The General recalls it took a lot of effort
— even a trip to the White House — to get some 220-
pound tackles admitted to the Military Academy. It
seems the Surgeon General used to contend that a man
six feet tall should weigh no more than 180 pounds
and you just can't play Notre Dame when your line is
featuring slim tackles and even slimmer guards.

Cruise passengers may be excused for oversights be-
cause they're headed to or are returning from pleasure
jaunts and there is always plenty of excitement at dock-

SOUTHERN ACQUIRES A & E C

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HARRY A. DcBUTTS

President
Southern Railway System

The Southern Railway System purchased control of
the Atlantic and East Coast Railway in September and
thereby provided the port of Morehead City with a
through cast-west trunk line by a major carrier.

Harry A. DeButts, president of Southern, predicted a
bright industrial and an equally bright shipping future
for the eastern section of North Carolina now that his
company has gained control of the lines running from
Coldsboro to the coast:

"Prior to our purchase of the A&EC we were particu-
larly impressed with the future industrial potential of

the A&EC area. Since that time there has been no rea-
son to change this viewpoint and, in fact, we are even
more optimistic than ever that industries will find in
East Carolina the necessary requisites for successful
operation.

"We, of course, have a vital interest in promoting in-
dustrial growth in this region, and we will cooperate
fully with local and state development agencies and
will make every other possible effort to further the de-
velopment of the Port of Morehead City and to bring
new industry into the A&EC area."

Tar Heel reaction to the announcement of Southern's
purchase was immediate and favorable. Governor Luth-
er H. Hodges spoke for all when he said "I commend
the Southern for its courage and leadership in taking
this necessary step which I predict will bring a new daj
and a new era to eastern North Carolina."

The A&EC, affectionately called "The Old Mullet
Line," was established 100 years ago with Morehead
City its eastern terminus. Now that the line has been
acquired by the Southern system, Morehead City will
join New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, Brunswick,
Savannah, Charleston and Norfolk on the list of major
ports being served by the railroad whose lines extend
to St. Louis and Memphis.

WILMINGTON

N. C. STATE DOCKS

Philip L. Sullivan, Operations Manager

Y\ HARF : Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing three 500-foot vessels simultaneously,
with depth of 32 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT -SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE : Three acres of paved open storage,
easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two 45-ton gantry cranes
for heavy lifts, single or in tandem, and equipped
for 80-inch magnet work and 2-yard bucket opera-
tion.

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton loco-
motive crane.

Three Diesel switching locomotives.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts of
various sizes with accessories such as cotton clamps,
etc. Light and heavy tractors and trailers and 5-ton
mobile crane. Facilities for full palletization of
cargoes.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Rail and truck
docks for loading and unloading at the transit sheds
and warehouse; ramps for easy access into sheds
and warehouses; portable side and end loading
ramps for rail cars.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumiga-
tion plant with two vacuum chambers.

SERVICES : Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside. Export crat-
ing service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard
Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous highway
motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

MOREHEAD CITY

N. C. OCEAN TERMINALS

W. H. Friederichs, Acting Operations Manager

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry with sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.
A third transit shed, the newest, is of pre-fabricatcd
steel construction with sprinklers and has capacity
of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, totaling
88,000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area is avail-
able.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with
detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cotton
clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full palleti/ation of
cargoes.
Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment For the loading „t
grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks un-
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware
houses; ramps for easy access into transit sheds and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Up-to-date fumigation plain of most
modern concrete and steel construction is now in
operation. Large single chamber is of latest design.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricitj and 1 cdcralb ap-
proved potable water SUppl) .it shipside. Served b\
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Co., a wholly-
owned subsidiary of The Southern Railway System .
One interstate truck line on property, and served b\
numerous highway motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

SHIPPING

SETS NEW RECORD

IN 1957

Traffic by commercial dry cargo ships at the State
Ports increased greatly during 1957. When the SS
American Miller docked at Wilmington on October 1,
it became the 100th commercial ship of the year for
State Docks. In all of 1956 only 98 commercial ves-
sels called at the SPA facility in Wilmington. By the
year's end, 160 ships had been at dock on the State-
owned piers on the Cape Fear River.

SPA officials have estimated that each ship leaves
behind something in excess of $10,000 when it calls.
Such items as provisioning, fuel, laundry, pilot fees, tug
boat charges, wharfage and dockage are included in
that figure. However, additional revenue is generated by
each ship in the form of stevedoring cost, inland freight
rates, agents' fees, insurance, etc., and add considerablv
more to the total economic value of the SPA facilities.

Virtually the same picture was developing at Ocean
Terminals in Morehead City as was found in Wilming-
ton. As of the first of October, 37 dry commercial cargo
ships had called at that port — exactly the same num-
ber as called for the entire year before. In other words,
both SPA facilities were developing and growing in the
race for water-borne general cargoes and, in the first
three-quarters of 1957, had already reached the records
set in 1956.

Oil and oil products, principal cargo at Morehead
City, remained fairly constant during the year, so the
increased business there in 1957 was largely due to the
emergence of Ocean Terminals as general cargo termi-
nals is of special note. The year-end totals for Morehead
indicate 58 dry cargo ships called during 1957 — an
increase of 21 over 1956.

Philip Sullivan, operations manager of N. C. State Docks in
Wilmington greets Capt. Albert Hamann of the SS American
Miller — the 100th ship to call at the Cape Fear terminals in
1957. In all, 160 commercial ships put in during the year.

I sthmian | i n e a

India, Pakistan, Ceylon
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq
Thailand, Burma
Hawaiian Islands
Malaya, Philippines

Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam
Alexandria, Lebanon, Red Sea
Near and Middle East

Wilmington Agents

Wilmington Shipping Co.

Tel. Wilmington RO 2-3381

PROVISIONS, DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

O. E. DuRANT

SHIP CHANDLER

Representative of

Columbia Rope

International Paint

Socony- Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.

Wilmington, N. C.
Telephone RO 2-4232
Water & Market Sts.

WILMINGTON: OFFICE RO 2-3327 - RES. RO 3-2893

OlMMYSwoouCF

FROZEN FOOD CO. "s

WHOLESALE

Ship Chandlery Division
Provisions — Deck and Engine Supplies

JIMMY BATUYIOS

P. O. Box 1676

121 Hanover St.

WILMINGTON, N. C.

Serving Wilmington and Morehead City

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

P. o.

BOX

249

TELEPHONES 6-4651 & 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

William T. Davies

Manager

Peter B. RuHin

President

W. D. Williams

Secretary

W. P. Emerson

Vice-President

J. P. Wilson

Treasurer

Wade H. Pierce

Assistant Secretary

Lemuel L. Doss, Jr.

Traffic Manager

Federal Maritime Board freight Forwarder Registration No. 37G

HEIDE AND CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND
LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

FORWARDING AGENTS
STEVEDORES
SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

pYtfs Ace^

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

Cable Address

"HEIDE" WILMINGTON-CAROLINA

Telephone RO 3-5161

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 223

READY TO SERVE . . .

Your Port Of Wilmington Needs

In every phase of the agricultural and
industrial development of North Caro-
lina, this bank has been an important
factor.

It has consistently cooperated with the
grower, the manufacturer, the shipper
and the merchant, helping to make
North Carolina the prosperous, progres-
sive State that it is.

THE

WILMINGTON SAVINGS AND

TRUST COMPANY

"NORTH CAROLINA'S PORT BANK"

COMMERCIAL • TRUST • SAVINGS

Established 1888

Wilmington, North Carolina
Member Federal Deposit Insurancr

N. C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

P. O. BOX 1619

WILMINGTON. N. C.

BULK RATE
U. S. Postage

PAI D

Wilmington, N. C.
Permit No. 225

NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIBRARY

RALEIGH, N.C

FORM 3547 REQUESTED

Hulls

Cargoes

Yachts

P. O. BOX 897
RO 2-7721

ESTABLISHED
1878

Protection & Indemnity
All Other Marine & Overseas Coverages

SHIP LAUNDRY

AND DRY CLEANING

One Day Service

•

IDEAL LAUNDRY AND DRY
CLEANERS, INC.

FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE RO 2-6651

WILMINGTON, N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK, N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

DESIGNERS &
BUILDERS

FLOATING CRANES

TUGS • BARGES

DREDGES • FLOATING

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS

TRAVELING GANTRIES
WHIRLY CRANES

Ocean Steamship Terminals

P. O. Box 647, Savannah, Ga.

r |f you've

got it ... a truck

brought it !

liitilllll

YES— TO YOUR VERY DOOR.

FROM SHIPSIDE

To your very door

BY TRUCK

The N. C. Trucking Industry serves the fine North Carolina
Ports. Trucks serve everyone — especially the more than 1800
Tar Heel communities entirely dependent on Trucks for every-
thing to eat, wear, use and sell.

NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR CARRIERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.

Trucking Industry Building Raleigh, N. C.

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WILMINGTON

MOREHEAD CITY

SUMMER 1958

HEIDE AND CO.. INC

STEAMSHIP AGENTS

STEVEDORES

SAMPLERS

SWORN WEIGHERS

v oVO'S AGe^

WILMINGTON, N. C.

TELEPHONE ROger 3-5161
And

MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.

TELEPHONE 6-5080 OR 6-3652

PETER B. RUFFIN

President

W. D. WILLIAMS

Secretary

WADE H. PIERCE

Assistant Secretary

W. P. EMERSON

Vice-President

I. P. WILSON

Treasurer

LEMUEL L. DOSS, JR.

Traffic Manager

Wilmington Shipping Company

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS

Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809
Telephone RO 2-3381

Cable Address
WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Regular service between North Carolina Ports and Ireland, United
Kingdom, and North Continental Europe will call at Baltic and
Scandinavian ports when sufficient cargo offers.

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

South Atlantic Ports direct to Honolulu, Yokohama,
Manila, Keelung, Kobe and other Far East ports.

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Wilmington Agent — Wilmington Shipping Co.

Phone RO 2-3381

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

Wilmington Agent— Heide & Co. — Phone RO 3-5161

UNITED STATES LINES CO.

NEW YORK 4, N. Y. DIGBY 4-5800

Executive Offices

215-219 Education Building

I\ (). Box 248 5

Tel. TEmple 4-3611 Ext. 7335

Raleigh, N. C.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

JOHN M. REEVES, Chairman

WILLIAM G. CLARK, JR.,

V ice-Chairman

COLLIER COBB, JR.

KIRKWOOD F. ADAMS

ROBLRT L. EICHELBERGER

CHARLES D. GRAY

EARL N. PHILLIPS

J. ED KIRK, Secretary-Treasurer

D. LEON WILLIAMS

Executive Director

E. E. LEE, JR., Director,

Commerce & Traffic

H. C. JACKSON, Traffic Manager

R. A. DcVANE, Assistant Treasurer

W. W. WILLSON, Public Relations

Director
S. S. KOSZEWSKI, Representative
H. N. LARCOMBE, Representative

NEW YORK OFFICE

Room 1607, 32 Broadway
New York 4, N. Y.

BOwIing Green 9-8 389

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS

New York Representative

WILMINGTON OFFICE

N. C. State Docks

P. O. Box 1619 — Telephone

ROger 3-1622

TWX: WM 77

PHILIP L. SULLIVAN
Operations Manager

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

N. C. Ocean Terminals
P. O. Box 145— Telephone 6-3159
TWX: Morehead City, N. C. 8782

W. II. FRIEDERICHS

Operations Manager

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C. S. P. A.

Summer, 19 58

Vol. IV, No. 2

W. \V. WTii son, / ditor

Ka'i ii mum: Jjvir.s, Associate I'tlitor

SELL YOUR STATE PORTS

This magazine is intended to he read by at least ten people.
Please pass it on when you are through.

CONTENTS

What They Say...... .... 2

Cruise Season Ends 3

Burlington . . . Shipper 4

Spud Farmers Benefit, Too 6

Record Cotton Shipment Arrives 8

Personalities 1

New Director Assumes Post 12

Heaving A Line 1 3

New Forwarding Corporation 13

Port Facilities, Wilmington 14

Port Facilities, Morehead City 15

Those Signs Mean Something __ ._ 16

Arabian Horses Arrive In U. S 16

COVER

Ore has become an important import for North Carolina's port terminals.
Here two-yard buckets dip into the hold of the IHV KONGSHOLM, a new

ship which was making her initial cargo-earning trip when she called at
State Docks.

What They Say

<y~tow Jo (Explode <jVl\jths and ^L^iife <~7ndi

ius

try

Violent . . . ornery . . . cantankerous . . .
stubborn . . . narrow . . . trifling . . . mean
. . . lazy.

All of these epithets have been used at
one time or another to describe that abomi-
nable critter, "the typical southerner," in
Yankee mythology. It is perhaps one of the
lingering penalties for having been cheated
out of victory in the Late Unpleasantness
that Dixie is so maligned by anecdotists, epi-
grammists and latter-day Reconstructionists.
But the descriptive word that burns deepest
is "lazy."

The region has had its just share of hay-
stack snoozers and swamp nappers in the
dim and distant past when life was of a
more lanquid design hereabouts. But all
that ended abruptly when the hammering
began on what the chamber of commerce
secretaries like to call the New South. And
who, pray, can doze with all that racket in
the foreground?

We have taken a turn or two at bat our-
selves in attempting to belt a few of the
gamier legends about life below the Mason-
Dixon line. But we have never had as much
success as G. Randolph Babcock enjoyed
before Charlotte's Industrial Development
Council. Mr. Babcock is a man who ought
to know whereof he speaks. He is president
of Pelton & Crane Co., a Detroit firm which
moved South to Charlotte a few years ago
— and not in search of lazy labor.

Let's let Mr. Babcock speak for himself:

"Despite the fact that the Civil War has
been over foi almost a hundred years and
just last week Richmond presented the keys
to the city to U. S. Grant III, there is still a
great deal of prejudice in the North toward
the South. The best definition of prejudice
I ever heard was 'being down on something
you ain't up on.' We might as well face it.
There are a lot of people in the North who
just ain't up on what goes on in the South.
Industrially speaking, their principal con-
cern in this regard results from the popular
misconception that southern workers are too
slow and easy-going . . . They still believe

that the skill and pace of the northern work-
er is superior. They are ever so wrong on
this score and I can prove it . . ."

Prove it he did with actual statistics show-
ing that his company's southern labor, out-
produced Detroit labor to a startling degree.
Direct labor costs of P & C plunged sharp-
ly although its employes were actually paid
more down South than they were in De-
troit.

As for the "allegedly slow-moving south-
ern workers," Mr. Babcock added:

"I have nothing but the highest praise for
them. They learn readily, they appreciate
their jobs and they are anxious to give a
day's work for a day's pay. Within six
months after our full work force was hired
it was producing at a greater efficiency than
we ever experienced in Detroit. In this con-
nection, please bear in mind that the ma-
jority of them were operating machines that
they had never seen before and doing jobs
completely foreign to most of them. . . . For
whatever it may be worth to you, this ends
the unsolicited testimonial of a satisfied
customer."

It will be worth a great deal to local in-
dustry hunters if they add this unsolicited
testimonial to their collection of lures. It
effectively smashes a myth that has perhaps
harmed the South more than many imagine.

Too many of the South's salesmen .have,
if they have mentioned labor at all, empha-
sized "cheap labor." Some sections of Dixie
may have such an advantage. But if so it is
an ephemeral advantage and one that will
tend to disappear as industrialization in-
creases. The region's permanent advantage
lies in the productivity of its labor rather
than in its "cheapness." In the long run,
"cheap labor" is likely to be inefficient labor,
and therefore costly.

As for "lazy labor," let's just have another
look at that little old record— Mr. Bab-
cock's record.

Editorial Reprinted from The Charlotte
News, Charlotte, N. C.

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The sleek cruise ship Lines and a modern freighter arrives. This picture by Star-News reporter Jim Hardee
typifies the increased activity at State-mined docks and emphasizes the growing importance oj the deep water
ports to North Carolina's economy.

CRUISE SEASON ENDS . . . ANOTHER STARTS SOON

The MV AROSA SKY has completed its winter and
spring cruises out of Wilmington with every success.
Both cruises took passengers through the islands of the
Caribbean, touched on South /American shores at sev-
eral points, and returned to the State Docks two weeks
later.

A few of the spots encountered were Havana, Pana-
ma Canal, Trinidad, LaGuaira and St. Thomas. At
most of these places passengers disembarked for a few
hours and looked around for souvenirs to bring home
with them.

The 17,321-ton \essel, sleek and white, is only nine
years old this year. She is nearly 600 feet long, 75 feet
wide and has a draft of 2 7 feet. She can carry approxi-
mately 4 50 passengers per sailing and is the largest
vessel ever to dock at the State facilities in Wilmington.

Heading the list of passengers for one of the cruises
were Governor and Mrs. Luther Hodges, who thorough-
ly enjoyed their relaxation aboard ship.

With the return of the AROSA SKY from the sec-
ond cruise, Wilmington closed its cruise season until
the fall of 1958. During the 1958-59 season, how-
ever, the MS STOCKHOLM will visit Wilmington for
3 cruises in late 1958, and it is expected that the
AROSA SKY will visit Wilmington once and perhaps
Morehead City once. All of the cruises have been highly
successful, and have provided a relaxed atmosphere for
medical seminars, business conventions and vacationers
from main of the 48 states. Some 1,200 passengers em-
barked this past season from State Docks.

With the growing number of cruises each year, North
Carolina adds another major tourist attraction to the
many she tan already claim. More and more people
come from distant places to lake advantage of the
shorter travel time from Inline to port and less ex-
pense, plus the efficient service, when planning their
vacations. They have discovered that a vacation aboard
ships such as the STOCKHOl M and the Alios \ SKI
is a real vacation.

Governor Luther II. Hodges was a passenger aboard one of
the cruises of the MY AROSA SKY. He mad. the trip at the
request o\ the Department of Conservation and Development

to help stimulate interest in this in 11 and important phd
North Carolina's tourist industry.

It is probable that Governor Hodges was asked something
about steering the "ship o/ state" as l,e posed for photographers
who covered his departure Oil a Caribbean cruise, (apt. Hans
Bordeaux, master o\ the IROSA SKY, ioincd the Tar Heel
Governor in publicizing the event. Photos l-\ M •

Burlington's knitting machines are housed in giant crates — over50-feet in length — by specialists in export
crating at the firm's "Plant A." The crating is so expert that machines are ready to operate in a matter of
hours because there is no re-assembly problem.

BURLINGTON... SHIPPER

There are at present something over 350 firms in
North Carolina actively engaged in world trade. Some
are relatively large, others are quite small. A few are
giants of industry.

One of these industrial leaders — Burlington Indus-
tries, Inc., with headquarters in Greensboro — has been
taking advantage of the State Port facilities. Recently
some 20 hosiery knitting machines, weighing about
37,000 pounds each, were shipped to Burlington Inter-
national's new hosiery plant near Capetown, South
Africa. Burlington International is a division of Bur-
lington Industries.

Each machine was housed in a plastic cocoon, crated
and shipped out of Plant "A" (which handles packing
and export shipments for Burlington International)
near Burlington. The crating was an engineering feat
in itself. After the water-tight cocoon was spun around
each machine to protect it from moisture, a green oak
house was literally built around the "mothballed" ma-
chine — a house so tough that it could withstand vir-
tually all possible stress or strain.

Unit and crate, weighing about 19 tons each and
some 50 feet in length, was then put aboard a specially
designed truck and hauled to the State Ports Authority
docks in Wilmington where the twin gantry cranes
were used to lift the valuable cargo aboard ship.

Because the knitting machines were so large, it was
more expedient to load them on the decks of the large
freighter running between the United States and
South Africa, rather than going into the holds. Once in
place on ship, the crates were covered with heavy,
moisture-resistant paper, tied down, and were trans-
ported across the South Atlantic to South Africa.

Burlington's new plant is located at Diep River, near
Capetown, with construction nearly completed. It will
turn out full-fashioned hose for women with distribu-
tion throughout the Union of South Africa and other
areas of the African continent.

The movement of the machines from Burlington to
Capetown was unusual in many ways, as far as actual
cargo handling was concerned. Working with the High-
way Patrol, Burlington's specially-designed trucks fol-
lowed a prescribed route in getting the giant crates to
the State Docks. Then, although the SPA's gantry
cranes are capable of lifting 45 tons each, they were
used in tandem in this instance because of the extra
care that had to be given the tremendous crates.

This was the first time textile machines had ever
been shipped intact through a North Carolina port.
This permits the machines to be removed from the
crates, placed into position, aligned and checked, and
put into operation soon thereafter at the South African
plant because there is no re-assembly problem.

A plastic cocoon is spun around the machine before the out-
side crating is completed to protect the valuable cargo en route
to its new home in South Africa.

The entire shipment of machines from the United
States to South Africa went off smoothly despite the
si/.c of the units and despite the difficulties inherent in
the movement of such heavy equipment. When the SS
ROBIN SHERWOOD picked up five of the machines
recently, a group of interested spectators visited the
State Docks to witness the actual loading procedure.
Told that the operation would hegin at 8:30 a.m., the
group arrived at 9:30 — but by that time the entire
job had been completed. Five giant crates, totaling
more than 185,000 pounds, had been taken out of
the transit shed, rigged, hoisted aboard, emplaced on
deck, covered with protective wrapping and tied down
for trans-Atlantic crossing in an hour.

Specially-designed trucks, such as this one, transport the 50-
foot, 37,000 pound crates to the deep water terminal at Wil-
mington. Thefc the gantry cranes pick up the heavy boxes and
case them into transit sheds until such time as a ship puts in
to pick them up.

It was found more expedient to load these gia>it crates on deck
of the ship, rather than put them in holds. Five of the ma-
chines were taken out of storage, put aboard ship, covered
with waterproof paper, and tied to deck ready to go in an hour.

living loaded aboard the SS ROBIN SHERWOOD is this knit-
ting machine for Burlington's new factor) near Capetown.
South Africa. Soon African residents will he able to purchase
full-fashioned hose made on this particular machine.

SPUD FARMERS BENEFIT, TOO

By NORWOOD YOUNG

When .1 small German Freighter, the SS SENIOR,
docked at Ocean Terminals in Morehead Cit\ to unload
two million pounds of Canadian seed potatoes for
I astern Carolina tanners, her use of the Morehead
t ii\ port clearly demonstrated the current as well as
the potential value of a port in Eastern Carolina's
own backyard.

I he spuds were summarily checked and approved
lor grade, quality and condition by E. C. Price, of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, working under
the Federal-State Inspection Service. James E. Crowe,
deputy collector of U. S. Customs, Beaufort, was on
hand to look after Uncle Sam's interests.

Shipping agent was the Morehead City Shipping
Company.

The potatoes were imported by New Bern Oil and
Fertilizer Co., and Hugh G. Swann, of New Bern,
distributors. Shipped in 100-pound bags from Prince
Edward Island, the seedlings included such popular
varieties as Cobbler, Canso, Sebago, Keswick and
Kennebec.

This direct shipment from Canadian farmers enabl-
ed their Eastern Carolina contemporaries to receive by
short haul delivery the best in quality seed potatoes,
fresh from their point of origin. Thus the loss normal-
ly sustained through excessive hauling and handling
was reduced to a minimum. Heretofore seed potatoes
were freighted in overland from the port of Norfolk
and other distant terminals.

The SENIOR'S cargo was stored under ideal condi-
tions at the Morehead terminal to await final delivery
to the fields. The farmer again benefitted by not having
to provide storage facilities prior to planting. Further-
more, during the recent cold wave it is doubtful if he
could have provided satisfactory storage.

Needless to say, by shipping through the port of
Morehead City the distributors benefitted also by hav-
ing adequate storage within easy reach of the potato
fields, and were thereby able to supply the seedlings
daily as needed. Many local farmers furnished their
own transportation from warehouse to field.

Seedlings are planted
two rows at the time
on the farm of K. A.
Merrill, Sr., of Beau-
fort, Rt. 1

Ctirtcrct County Farm Agent R. M. Williams and two State
College Extension Service specialists inspect potatoes being
quartered for planting on the farm of Ileber Golden, Beaufort,
Rt. 1. Williams and his associates staged a demonstration for
treating potato black leg and fusarium wilt with antibiotics at
the Golden farm. Pictured here, left to right, are K. A.
Merrill, Sr., Williams, H. R. Gariss and Henry Covington, of
State College, and Golden.

The unloading of the SENIOR'S cargo poured hund-
reds of extra dollars into the economy of the Morehead
City area. Longshoremen, ships' chandlers and ship-
ping agents came in for a share of the revenue.

A percentage of every dollar in profits and wages
from the handling of the SENIOR'S or any other vessel's
cargo at Ocean Terminals soon finds its way into such
Eastern Carolina towns as New Bern, Kinston, La
Grange, Greenville, Rocky Mount, and eventually
throughout the state. Thus the economy of the entire
state gets a boost from the port's operations.

The money realized from handling the SENIOR'S
cargo is "extra cash" — money that came to the state
solely because of the port terminal in Eastern Carolina's
backyard — money that would hare gone elsewhere had
there not been a port of Morehead City.

What holds true for the spud cargo also holds true
for numerous other commodities such as fertilizer,
sugar, coffee, commercial salt, and any other import
item in demand throughout the state. Morehead City
has already proven its worth as an export center for
Eastern Carolina-grown tobacco. It can and is being
developed as an outlet for such cargoes as dairy
products, soy beans and other small grains, fish and
vegetable oils, fats and tallows, hardwood timbers and
numerous other export or import items.

Port officials said all parties connected with the un-
loading and receiving of the SENIOR'S cargo were well
pleased with the operations. Capt. Werner Gottschalk
was impressed by the port's facilities. lie was particular-
ly impressed, he said, with its geographic location in
relation to the Atlantic shipping lanes, and the brief
time required to sail from deep water to dockside.

Seed spuds by the bagful are unloaded from the steamer
SENIOR, of Hamburg.

E. C. Price, of the Federal-State Inspection Service, checks

the spud cargo for grade, quality and condition.

Over 5,000 bales of Egyptian cotton is a pretty big cargo.
This lot, aboard the SS STEEL ADVOCATE, had to be carried
on deck because the holds were full. State Docks handled the
shipment in record time, however.

RECORD COTTON SHIPMENT ARRIVES

A shipment of Egyptian cotton — the largest in the
history of North Carolina — moved through N. C. State
Docks in record time recently.

Loaded aboard the Isthmian Line's SS STEEL AD-
VOCATE at Alexandria, over 5,000 bales of long staple
cotton arrived two weeks later in North Carolina. It
was unloaded, segregated, tagged, sampled, fumigated
and placed in bonded storage within 10 days.

The operation was complicated somewhat, for also
aboard the STEEL ADVOCATE and consigned to
Wilmington were 1,500 bales of burlap from India,
500 bales of jute and 1,300 cases of tea. The cotton
had not been segregated when put aboard ship and
some of it, consigned to other ports, had to be taken off
the ship before the Tar Heel cargo could be reached and
then replaced on the freighter. Also, a goodly number
of bales had either lost markings or else the markings
were illegible, thus complicating the process even more.
Nevertheless the entire movement was carried out
rapidly.

After the cotton was identified, tagged and segregat-
ed, the double fumigation chambers went into opera-
tion. Well over 300 bales at a time rolled through the
poison gas. After airing, and approval from the De-

partment of Agriculture, the bales were moved into
bonded storage.

Wilmington Shipping Company served as agent for
the cotton movement. Chief importers for the valuable
fibre, much of which will eventually be woven into
cloth in North Carolina mills, were Anderson and Clay-
ton, Inc., Houston; Jones, Gardner and Beale, Mem-
phis; George H. McFadden and Bros., New York;
Schwabach and Co., New York; and E. A. Shaw and
Co., Boston.

When cotton was king in the South, Wilmington
Harbor was the nation's biggest port, tonnagewise, in
the export of the valued farm commodity. As the pro-
duction of cotton declined in the South, so did exports
through the port. In recent years there has been some
export of American-grown cotton, but it has been in-
significant when compared to the tremendous tonnages
that moved out from the Cape Fear area 100 years ago.

Now the economic pendulum has begun to swing the
other way. The South — particularly North Carolina —
is still the cotton textile manufacturing center of the
nation. And where cotton is spun into thread and the
thread woven into cloth and the cloth made into gar-
ments, there is an increasing demand for the silky,

Cluirlcs D. Gray of Gastonia, a member of the Vorts Authority
niitl a textile executive, inspects the fibre — some of which will
be manufactured into cloth in Tar Heel mills. With Mr. Gray
is E. E. Lee, Jr., SPA's director of commerce and traffic.

Hoard Member Gray and A. C. Smith, asst. operations manager,
check the pressure at the fumigation chambers. All import
cotton has to pass through the chamber and be approved by
the Department of Agriculture before it can, enter the United
States.

This was the largest shipment of cotton ever received in the
history of North Carolina. In addition to the 5,100 bales of
cotton were bales of burlap, jute and cases of tea.

strong, long staple cotton imports. The major opera-
tion at deep water ports is rapidly becoming— if, in-
deed, it has not already become — importing rather
than exporting as far as cotton is concerned.

Import or export, domestic or "exotic," cotton is still
cotton insofar as basic handling is concerned at dock-
side. Sampling methods may vary, one type bale may
differ from another, but handling, storage, fumigation,
stevedoring and so forth are pretty much standardized.
That is why shipping through South Atlantic ports in
general and through North Carolina ports in particular
— where agents, stevedores and warehousemen have
been trained for years to handle cotton — is recognized
as the most economical, most efficient route.

PERSONALITIES

Lt. Commander Robert F. White

Honorary Tar Heel— When the DE USS TILLS

called at the State Docks in Wilmington she had aboard
as her skipper Lt. Commander Robert F. White. The
training cruise for N. C. Reservists was the last for
Commander White, due to his retirement from the
Navy when the mission was completed.

At the end of the cruise, when the Destroyer Escort
returned the Naval reserve trainees to land, Command-
er White was presented an Honorary Tar Heel Award
from Governor Luther Hodges by Publicity Director
W '. W. Willson, in recognition of his many previous
training cruises using the port of Wilmington.

The TILLS is used primarily for such training
courses for reserves in this region. She operates out of
Wilmington and Charleston, the latter being her home
base.

Commander White is a native of Groton, Connecti-
cut, and returned to his home there after his retirement.
He hopes to visit North Carolina often, since he is now
an "adopted" son.

Mr. E. E. Heyrmann

Inspection Trip — The State's port facilities at More-
head City were the center of attraction for the presi-
dent of the Belgian Line, Mr. E. E. Heyrmann. Dur-
ing his inspection of the Ocean Terminal, Mr. Heyr-
mann was shown transit sheds, warehouses, and open
storage space, as well as loading and unloading fa-
cilities and the modern fumigation plant.

Mr. Heyrmann returned to his office in New York
impressed with the facilities and services offered by
the Ocean Terminal at Morehead City.

Traffic Director Jack Lee, left, and Terminal Man-
ager Walter Friederichs, right, discuss tobacco stor-
age with Mr. Heyrmann.

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Bishop John M. Springer

despite the fact that he is 8 5 years old. Bishop and
Mrs. Springer departed for Cape Town aboard the
SS ROBIN SHERWOOD, a freighter oi the Robin
Line. Heide and Company was agent for the vessel.

Mrs. Springer's major task upon arrival in the Bel-
gian Congo is the cataloguing or more than a thousand
volumes in the Livingstone Memorial Library. The
Library was founded In Bishop Springer in 19-51 with
the Bishop's own books as a nucleus. I he library is lo-
eated at kambou-, just north of I lisabethville, and
welcomes books on other countries as well as those
dealing with Africa.

Bishop Springer has written several books on his e\-
periences during 57 years of work in Africa. "Hearl
or' Central Africa" (or "Mineral Wealth and Mining
Opportunity") was written in 1908, "Pioneering in
the Congo" in 1916, "Christian Conquests in the
Congo" in 1926, and his latest, "I Love the lr.ul,' in
1952, which is a sketch or' his first wife, lie has begun
another book, which is in abeyance until he can devote
more time to it.

Bishop Springer and his wife have left the U. S. after
an eight-year visit, spent stimulating interest in his
missions in Africa and increasing the number of mem-
bers of those missions.

"Home to Africa" — Early this year a missionary and
his wife visited State Docks before leaving for their
home on the continent of Africa. Bishop John M.
Springer, although officially retired as a missionary, will
continue his career in mission work throughout Africa

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NEW DIRECTOR ASSUMES POST

D. LEON WILLIAMS
Executive Director, SPA

D. Leon Williams has taken over as executive direc-
tor of the North Carolina State Ports Authority.

A former resident of Atlanta, Mr. Williams served
in a similar capacity with the Georgia Ports Authority
and was with that organization from its inception until
March of this vcar.

In interviews with the press, Mr. Williams has
stated:

"I welcome the challenge and the opportunity pre-
sented by the North Carolina ports program. My aim is,
of course, to operate the State-owned facilities on firm
business lines, to help develop commerce through North
Carolina's deep water terminals, and to aid in the eco-
nomic development of the state.

"I realize the task ahead is a complex one and that
miracles in the port business are few and far between.
But the future of the State Ports program is a bright
one. With concerted effort throughout North Carolina,
with the help of all residents and businesses — all of
whom have a sizeable investment in the terminals —
we will certainly succeed in developing thriving port
terminals at Wilmington and Morehead City."

After attending Howard and Vanderbilt universi-
ties, Mr. Williams became associated with General
Electric and was District Representative (six states)

before World War II. In the war period, he was regional
priorities director for the War Production Board in
Atlanta. Then he joined the Georgia Ports Authority.

He has served as president of the South Atlantic Ports
conference for three years, and for four years has serv-
ed as a member of the board of directors of- the Ameri-
can Association of Ports Authorities. Last fall he was
elected a vice-president of the latter.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams reside in Cameron Court
apartments, Raleigh. They have one son, D. L. Wil-
liams, Jr., who is with Union Bag and Camp Paper Co.
of Houston, Texas.

In announcing the selection of Mr. Williams to
head the North Carolina program, John M. Reeves,
chairman of the Ports Authority said:

"We have concluded our search for a director con-
vinced we have obtained for North Carolina the best
man possible. He knows the South Atlantic port busi-
ness, he understands the problems confronting our
State's port development, and he is a recognized auth-
ority in port management.

' The Authority is delighted in securing a man with
such a fine port background and such wide experience
in the promotion and business management of docks
and other port operations."

Ever noticed the . names of Japanese commercial
vessels and wondered where the word MARU came
from and what it means?

Louis T. Moore, chairman of the New Hanover His-
torical commission and sage of the Cape Fear, wonder-
ed, too. But instead of shrugging off the question with
"it means sea, or something like that," he investigated.

And, according to Osamu Shimizu, head of the
Japanese Section of the Library of Congress, the word
MARU has stumped many an oriental as well as Occi-
dental scholar.

"Maru," an ancient word, means "round." No help
there, except that many junks give the appearance of
being round.

As Mr. Shimizu notes "the most one may say on
this problem is what "maru" is not — it has nothing to
do with a shipping trust, nor does it have any religious
significance insofar as is known.

The word may be the result of corruption of "maro"
— a term of endearment, says Mr. Shimizu. He finds
records of swords, dogs, musical instruments, and even
the names of famous people being accorded the suffix
"maru" or "maro" — and the interchange of "o" to "u"
in Japanese is simple.

Anyway, all that is known about "MARU" for cer-
tain is that it has appeared on the names of commercial
ships since about 1871 when the Imperial Navy was
established; and that it never appears on the name of
a Japanese fighting ship.

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Live 'n' Learn Dept. :

A ton of general cargo generates $12 in cash to
the area where it is imported or exported via ship.

A ton of bulk petroleum from a tanker puts $3.00
into circulation in the local economy.

These are direct dollar expenditures — money that
would not be in circulation without the loading or un-
loading of cargoes through ports.

Thus North Carolina's economy was enriched last
year by over $20,000,000 from activity at the ports
of Wilmington and Morehead City.

Add to that figure the millions of dollars of added
value that the ports generate in inland freight reve-
nues, in enabling North Carolina industries to compete

for world markets, in the tourist trade developing
through winter cruises, from local river traffi< from tin
allied businesses sir li as insurance of cargoes and
handling lees, and you ge( a tremendous dollar value
of the North Carolina deep water ports.

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Requests for information from school children reach
us in increasing amounts. Those requests, we find, fall
into two categories — one legitimate and one which
shows a disturbing trend among teachers and students
to let others do their work. It is this latter group which
bothers us.

"My teacher has told me to write to you for infor-
mation about world trade," or "my class is stucKing
American shipping and I have been told to write to you
for all the information I need," or "I have to write a
paper on North Carolina. Please tell me about it."

The State Ports Authority publishes some promo-
tional literature which is available, but it is primarily
aimed at prospective shippers. The SPA also publishes
a magazine that is of more general interest. But the
Ports Authority is not an authority on world trade, on
North Carolina history, on American shipping.

If teachers would think a moment before they refer
students to some publicity or advertising bureau, and
would steer their students to libraries, then teachers
would be better teachers and students better students

Apparently it has become far too easy for student^
to let others do their work. The SPA, therefore, humbly
suggests that publicity bureaus must not take the place
of libraries and that handouts can never replace a good
encyclopedia. Research and study are far too important
to be ignored. Knowledge just isn't obtained that easi-
ly — nor should it ever be!

NEW FORWARDING
CORPORATION FORMED

The formation of a new freight forwarding and
customhouse brokerage firm has been announced.
Known as Carolina Forwarding Corporation and chart-
ered in late April, the firm was assigned FMB No.
2309.

President of the new corporation is O. \Y. Waters;
W. S. R. Beane is vice-president, as is L. B. Finbcrg.
R. W. Cantwell is the secretary-treasurer.

Carolina Forwarding Corporation will maintain of-
fices in Wilmington and Morehead Citv.

"We had to form the new corporation simply because
increased shipping through the North Carolina ports
forced us into it," said Waters.

"Business is growing at the Tar Heel ports and we
found there was a real demand for a firm dedicated ex-
clusively to freight forwarding.'' he added.

WILMINGTON

N. C. STATE DOCKS

Philip L. Sullivan, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing three 500-foot vessels simultaneously,
with depth of 34 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE: Three acres of paved open storage,
easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars. Certified weighmasters on
twenty-four hour duty.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two 45-ton gantry cranes
for heavy lifts, single or in tandem, and equipped
for 80-inch magnet work and 2-yard bucket opera-
tion.

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton loco-
motive crane.

Three Diesel switching locomotives.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumiga-
tion plant with two vacuum chambers.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside. Export crat-
ing service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard
Air Line Railroad companies and numerous highway
motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

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MOREHEAD CITY

N. C. OCEAN TERMINALS

W. H. Friederichs, Operations Manager

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry with sprinklers

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

A third transit shed, the newest, is of pre-fabricated
steel construction with sprinklers and has capacity
of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, totaling
88,000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area is avail-
able.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with
detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cotton
clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full palletization of
cargoes.

Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment for the loading of
grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks for
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for easy access into transit sheds and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Up-to-date fumigation plant of most
modern concrete and steel construction is now in
operation. Large single chamber is of latest design.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside. Served by
Atlantic and Fast Carolina Railway Co., C*> wholly-
owned subsidiary of The Southern Railway System").
One interstate truck line on property, and served bv
numerous highway motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

THESE SIGNS MEAN
SOMETHING

The jargon heard around a dock often contains bits
of local color — colloquialisms, perhaps. But there is
nothing colloquial about the terms of sale and ship-
ment that govern the control and responsibility of
goods from point of origin to destination.

There are five basic ways in which goods are pur-
chased and delivered. They are EX, FOB, FAS, C&F
and CIF. Here's what thev mean:

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CIF

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The seller disposes of his goods
at a specified point of origin.
The buyer then assumes re-
sponsibility for the goods and
pays for additional freight, in-
surance and other charges of
moving his new purchase from
that point of origin. EX means
Point of Origin.

The seller of the goods assumes
all costs and risks until his
goods are placed aboard a car-
rier at some predetermined
point. There the buyer then
takes over responsibility of his
acquisition. FOB means Free
on Board.

The seller places his goods
along side a ship. From the
dockside on, the buyer assumes
costs and risks for the goods.
FAS means simply Free Along
Side.

The seller has included, in his
selling price, the cost of trans-
portation to a predetermined
destination — but he is respon-
sible for loss or damage only
until the goods are aboard the
ship — at which point the buy-
er must assume that responsi-
bility. C&F means Cost and
Freight.

The seller assumes cost of
transportation and assumes re-
sponsibility for loss and dam-
age all the way from origin to
the pre-named point of desti-
nation. Buyer takes over re-
sponsibility only after goods
have arrived at destination.
CIF means Cost, Insurance
and Freight.

ARABIAN HORSES
ARRIVE IN U. S.

This Arabian filly looks over her new country from a stall
aboard the MV STEEL ADVOCATE at State Docks. She was
one of five Arabian horses which entered the United States
recently — the first group of horses to be exported from Egypt
in a decade.

Five Arabian horses, en route from Pharos, Egypt,
to a ranch near Sapello, New Mexico, were put off
the Isthmian Line's STEEL ADVOCATE at the State
Docks recently. Valued in excess of $15,000, the con-
signment included two yearlings and three two-year-
olds. Of the five, four were fillies and one was a stallion.

A sailor aboard the STEEL ADVOCATE, who had
charge of the animals during the 14-day Atlantic cross-
ing from Alexandria to Wilmington, said it was "a real
rough trip for all of us." The horses were seasick the
first few, days out and off their feed most of the trip.
However, they began to eat well shortly before arriving
in the United States.

The animals remained in quarantine at State Docks
for two days until cleared by the Department of Agricul-
ture. Then they were taken by special horse van to
their new home in New Mexico.

The John J. McCabe Agency of Elmont, New York,
served as importing agent and provided the van which
housed the horses on their inland journey.

PROVISIONS
DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

O. E. DuRANT

SHIP CHANDLER

Representative of
Columbia Rope
International Paint
Socony-Vacuum Oil

Wilmington, N. C.

Telephone RO 2-4232
Water & Market Sts.

WILMINGTON: OFFICE RO 2-3327 - RES. RO 3-2893

niMMYSwoouCF

FROZEN FOOD CO. ^

WHOLESALE

Ship Chandlery Division
Provisions — Deck and Engine Supplies

JIMMY BATUYIOS

P. O. Box 1676 121 Hanover St.

WILMINGTON, N. C.

Serving Wilmington and Morehead City

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents — Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

P. o.

BOX

249

TELEPHONES 6-4651 & 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS

William T. Davies

MORESHIPCO

Manager

Peter B. Ruffin

W. D. Williams

President

Secretary

W. P. Emerson

J. P. Wilson

Vice-President

Treasurer

Wade H. Pierce

Lemuel L. Doss, Jr.

Assistant Secretary

Traffic Manager

Federal Maritime Board freight Forwarder Registration No. 37G

CAROLINA FORWARDING
CORPORATION

FMB 2309

International Freight Forwarders

and
Custom House Brokers

"Personalized Service"

WILMINGTON MOREHEAD CITY

TELEPHONE RO 3-5161 TELEPHONE 6-5080

READY TO SERVE . . .

Your Port Of Wilmington Needs

In every phase of the agricultural and
industrial development of North Caro-
lina, this bank has been an important
factor.

It has consistently cooperated with the
grower, the manufacturer, the shipper
and the merchant, helping to make
North Carolina the prosperous, progres-
sive State that it is.

THE

WILMINGTON SAVINGS AND

TRUST COMPANY

"NORTH CAROLINA'S PORT BANK"

COMMERCIAL • TRUST • SAVINGS

Established 1888

Wilmington, North Carolina

Member Federal Deposit Insurance Coi
Member Federal Reserve System

N. C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

P. O. BOX 1619

WILMINGTON. N. C.

mKM CAROIim STATE UBHART
HALEIGH* V.C.

BULK RATE
U. S. Postage

PAI D

Wilmington, N. C.
Permit No. 225

FORM 3547 REQUESTED

Hulls

CARGOES

Yachts

P. O. BOX 897
RO 2-7721

ESTABLISHED
1878

Protection & Indemnity
All Other Marine & Overseas Coverages

SHIP LAUNDRY

AND DRY CLEANING

One Day Service

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IDEAL LAUNDRY AND DRY
CLEANERS, INC.

FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE RO 2-6651

WILMINGTON, N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction of

Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and Bridges and

Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK, N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

(.REENHEART is highly resistant to marine horers, to fire and to

abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads, dolphins,

rubbing posts, etc.

f.REENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State docks
at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

DESIGNERS &
BUILDERS

FLOATING CRANES

TUGS • BARGES

DREDGES • FLOATING

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS

TRAVELING GANTRIES
WHIRLY CRANES

DIAMONE

MANUFACTURING^^, ^^i IMPANY. inc.

Ocean Steamship Terminals

P. O. Box 647, Savannah, Ga.

SMj.

r If you've
got it... a truck

brought it !

YES— TO YOUR VERY DOOR.

FROM SHIPSIDE

To your very door

BY TRUCK

NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR CARRIERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.

Trucking Industry Building Raleigh, N. C.

North Carolina State Library

MOREHEAD CITY

HEIDE AND CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS
STEVEDORES

oYtfs Ao*^

WILMINGTON, N. C.

TELEPHONE ROger 3-5161
And

MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.

TELEPHONE PArk 6-5080 or PArk 6-3652

PETER B. RUFFIN

President

W. D. WILLIAMS

Secretary

WADE H. PIERCE

Assistant Secretary

W. P. EMERSON

Vice-President

J. P. WILSON

Treasurer

LEMUEL L. DOSS, JR.

Traffic Manager

Wilmington Shipping Co.

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS
Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809 Cable Address

Telephone RO 2-3381 WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Regular service between North Carolina Ports and Ireland,
United Kingdom, and North Continental Europe will call at
Baltic and Scandinavian ports when sufficient cargo offers.

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

South Atlantic Ports direct to Honolulu, Yokohama,
Manila, Keelung, Kobe and other Far East ports.

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AGENTS
Wilmington Shipping Co. — Phone RO 2-3381

Wilmington, N. C.

Morehead City Shipping Co.— Phone PA 6-4651

Morehead City, N. C.

UNITED STATES LINES CO.

NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

DIGBY 4-5800

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF N. C. S. P. A.

Fall, 1951

Vol. |V, No. 3

Executive Offices

Suite 220 Education Building

P. O. Box 248 5

Tel. TF.mple 4-3611 Fxt. 7335

Raleigh, N. C.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

JOHN M. REEVES, Chairman

WILLIAM G. CLARK, JR.,

Vice-Chairman

COLLIER COBB, JR.

KIRKWOOD F. ADAMS

ROBERT L. EICHELBERGER

CHARLES D. GRAY

EARL N. PHILLIPS

J. EDGAR KIRK, Secretary-Treasurer

D. LEON WILLIAMS

Executive Director

E. E. LEE, JR., Director,

Commerce 6- Traffic
C. JACKSON, Traffic Manager
R. A. DeVANE, Assistant Treasurer-
Comptroller
LEWIS H. LAWRENCE,
Public Relations Director
S. S. KOSZEWSKI, Representative
H. N. LARCOMBE, Representative

NEW YORK OFFICE

Room 1607, 32 Broadway

New York 4, N. Y.

BOwling Green 9-8389

WILLIAM S. CHILDRESS
Nciv York Representative

WILMINGTON OFFICE

N. C. State Docks

P. (). Box 1619— Telephone

ROgei 3-1622

TWX: WM 77

AL C. SMITH

Operations Manager

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

N. C. Ocean Terminals
P. O. Box 507— Telephone 6-3159
TWX: Morehead City, N. C. 8782

W. H. FRIEDERICHS

Operations Manager

Lewis H. Lawrence, Editor

Katharine Byers, Associate liditor

CONTENTS

Tobacco Moves Through Ports 2

Expansion Program ___ —4, 5

Asphalt for the Arctic 6

Mahogany Becomes Furniture 7

Grain to Move Again 8, 9

Promotions 1

Visitors 1 1

Nautical I. Q 12

Heaving a Line 1 3

Port Facilities, Wilmington 14

Port Facilities, Morehead City 1 5

Answers to Nautical I. Q. 16

Public law 4 80 Important to Ports 17

COVER

Though tobacco is just one of the many commodities going
through the ports of Morehead City and Wilmington the
fall season shows a tremendous increase in tobacco tonnage.
Story on pages 2 and 3. Cover photo by Charles McNeil.

AT MOREHEAD AND WILMINGTON

TOBACCO MOVES THROUGH
N. C STATE PORTS

While the fall season in North Carolina means increased busi-
ness activity of many phases at the N. C. State Docks at Wilming-
ton and Ocean Terminals at Morehead City, the tobacco story at
these two North Carolina ports affects many lives throughout
the state. The farmer, tobacconist, trucker and even smoker him-
self is affected by the economics of shipping and transportation.
A part of this story, as related to our State Ports, is told below.

A cargo crop of Golden Weed for foreign shipment arrives at the modern transit sheds of the N. C.
State Docks in Wilmington and at Ocean Terminals at Morehead City. Shown above is an initial load of
tobacco that will be shipped through North Carolina's multi-million dollar docks. Since 1955, tobacco
tonnage has increased approximately 60%. — (Al Smith photos).

Here the trucks have moved into the transit sheds, where they are unloaded by fork-lift trucks and stacked
ready for shipment. Rigid control of insect pests is strictly observed. At right above, a state worker is
carrying out a part of the control operation — (Cape Fear Studio and Jerry Schumacher photos).

Another part of the pest control operation. Modern fumiga-
tion sheas at Morehead and Wilmington are among the coun-
try's best. The fumigation process creates a strong vacuum —
28130th of perfect — cyanide gas is released from the pump
room. The gas cylinder rests on scales so that the exact
amount of gas being released may he measured. The U. S.
Department of Agriculture sends a representative from its
Plant Quarantine Branch whenever fumigation is in process.
This officer (loner right hand picture above i cheeks all pres-
sure gauges, gas gauges a>id time chart. The process kills all
animal life, even insect eggs.

Onto the docks and over the side. Tobacco hogsheads move out of the transit sheds and are loaded onto
waiting ships. Expert and efficient handling causes no delays in shipping.

Into the hold and out to sea. The final stage is completed. The hogsheads have been secured in tlic
ship's hold, and she heads out to sea, well satisfied with her lot. Hound for the processing plants of Europe
and other parts of the world, the expert handling at N. ('. State Docks and Ocean Terminals lias made
another friend for North Carolina industry, agriculture, and foreign markets.

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Shown here is the architect's conception of the two new soon-to-be constructed berths of steel and con-
crete, transit shed (120,000 square feet) and a large paved open berth. Drawing submitted by Henry
von Oesen, Architect.

EXPANSION PROGRAM

AT MOREHEAD AND WILMINGTON

Prior to the creation of the North Carolina State
Ports Authority, and the construction of terminals,
most North Carolina imports and exports moved
through other ports.

With an investment of approximately 12 million
dollars in terminal facilities at Morehead and Wil-
mington, Authority members and staff, under the.
direction of D. Leon Williams, are hard at work con-
vincing Tar Heel manufacturers and agriculturalists
of the real advantages in utilizing their own terminals.

The number of importers and exporters, and there
are over 300 in N. C, is growing daily. Cargoes han-
dled over the State's deep water terminals include
many commodities which originate or terminate within
North Carolina boundaries. Some are: Tobacco, wood-
pulp, scrap iron, lumber, machinery, steel products,
grain, dairy products, ore, minerals, manufactured
products, sugar, chemicals and a variety of general
cargo commodities.

Expansion and growth of the ports is well illustrated
by the leasing of grain handling facilities at Morehead
to Fred Webb, Inc., and The Tar Heel Grain Com-
pany, (see page 8) This expanded shipside grain
loading facility will have a capacity of 350 tons per
hour, benefiting grain people throughout the State.

Terminal facilities at both ports are new and mod-
ern. While many firms in N. C. now ship through
other ports, they are slowly learning the good econ-
omics of shipping through Wilmington and Morehead
City. Exports of tobacco, for example, have increased
over 40 per cent at both terminals since last year.

The Ports Authority is trying to increase facilities
as business at the ports increase. The present con-
struction program at Wilmington will give two new
berths of steel and concrete, 500 feet each — totalling
1,000 feet; a large transit shed of 120,000 square
feet, and a large paved open berth.

Construction at Morehead City includes a large
warehouse 90,000 square feet, water tank, additional

Here is construction at Morehead City, showing 90,000 square foot warehouse, water tank, additional rail-
road facilities. Drawing submitted by Frank Clark associated with tlie Allen ], Maxwell, Jr., Architect.

railroad facilities and capital improvement to existing
facilities.

In 1956, the U. S. Department of Commerce re-
ported that North Carolina's exports in dollars amount-
ed to $373,600,000. These exports represented full
time employment for at least 12,043 workers in eight
principal industries in the State, plus increased earn-
ings to farmers and agricultural workers.

Industry exports represented $186,900,000, and
agricultural exports of tobacco, cotton, soybeans, wheat
and livestock totalled $186,700,000. Far too much
of these exports have found themselves routed through
out-of-state ports.

Ports Authority Staff and members are presently
hard at work developing imports, which have a great
impact on state and national economy. Increased im-
ports which are consumed daily could reduce the cost
to the N. C. consumer and at the same time offer a
new type of employment in the processing and handling
of import items now coming to N. C. through out-of-
State ports.

Many affiliated services profit when products move
through the State ports. Railroads, trucks, stevedores,
forwarders, and marine insurance brokers are only a
few.

A typical example of the profits to affiliated services
is one in which a shipment of an agricultural product,

cotton seed meal, was generated within 150 miles of
the port. This farm product brought to the port area
the following revenues: $40,000 to the railroad fur
delivery of the commodity to the ocean terminals;
$20,000 to the stevedores for services in delivering
the cargo from point of rest into the hold of the ship;
$10,000 to the terminal operators for handling the
commodity at the transit sheds, ami $5,000 to the
freight forwarders, steamship agents and insurance
companies. This totaled $75,000 for services alone,
and does not include the value of the cargo.

While cotton seed meal represents a very low freight
rated commodity, a similar example of* a high rated
commodity could run the costs of these services up to
$100,000 to $125,000 per vessel.

From Manteo to Murphy, more and more of North
Carolina's businessmen are learning to capitalize on
the economic importance to themselves of North Caro-
lina's deep water terminals at both Morehead Citj and
Wilmington. With good roads, excellent trucking and
railroad facilities, anil expanding services at the docks,
inland North Carolina industrj is taking a second look
at the ports, just as are companies outside of North
Carolina boundaries. 1 he future of the ports will de-
pend, however, on industry and agriculture in North
Carolina taking advantage of the real opportunity the
ports at Wilmington and Morehead City offer.

ASPHALT FOR THE ARCTIC

Early in July, 1958 the S/S Ocean Dimiy was char-
tered by MSTS for a quick trip to Greenland with
cargo for our Armed Forces and for contractors en-
gaged in constructing our Northernmost defences. The
ship had to get there, discharge, and get out before the
Arctic ice could hold her captive until next summer.

Part of her cargo consisted of 6,000 drums of asphalt
cement supplied by Mastic Tar Co. from Shell Oil Co.
stock stored in tanks of the Trumbull Asphalt Co. plant
directly adjacent to the Ocean Terminals in Morehead
City.

Mr. O. L. Miller, Div. Asphalt Mgr. of Shell Oil
in Raleigh, N. C, and Mr. R. G. Gaskill, Plant Supt.
of Morehead City's Trumbull Asphalt plant, were re-
sponsible for drumming and delivery of this unexpect-
ed large order to a North Atlantic Port in a very short
time.

Fast use of long distant telephone lines between all
parties already concerned, plus S/S Agents, stevedores
and the North Carolina State Ports Authority Office in
New York, resulted in savings of time and cost by hav-
ing the Ocean Dinny load these drums July 13th di-
rectly at Morehead City.

A cooperative effort was organized between suppliers
of empty drums, the railroads, Asphalt & Petroleum
Co. — truckers who hauled the hot mix to the drum-
ming site near shipside, Trumbull Asphalt who did
the actual drumming, Port Authority personnel who
palletized the empty drums, placed them in the drum-
ming area and removed the hot drums to point of rest
prior to loading, and the stevedores, Morehead City
Shipping Co. who accomplished the actual loading.

The product was mixed and prepared at night,
drummed, marked, cooled, and made ready for loading
during daylight hours from sun-up to dusk, weekends
and holidays included.

"Bugs in the drumming process were successfully
corrected in spite of time and weather. Then came
the news — ; sailing date was changed from 7/13 to
7/9 cutting production time by five days.

Credit goes to the drumming crew, their manage-
ment and the native determination, characteristic of
North Carolinians generally, that close to 5,000 drums
were ready for loading on time. The remaining 1 ,000
drums were completed the day the vessel sailed, loaded
into box cars and placed alongside the ship at her
N. Atlantic loading port in time for the Ocean Dinny
to sail as scheduled.

Such experiences are invaluable to all local parties
in a cooperative venture. Inevitable handicaps found
in any first attempt were corrected to assure efficiency
for future similar operations and plans were formu-
lated on the spot for the anticipated next shipment.

Col. J. S. Heiss, Cmding. Officer of Sunny Point
Army Terminal, Lt. Leighten, U.S.N., and Mr. S. C.
Steig representing Military Sea Transport Service were
on hand to inspect the loading and Port facilities.
These gentlemen expressed amazed satisfaction at
what they saw of the Port, its ability to adapt on short
notice, expedite the handling of cargoes, and its ex-
pansion program under construction.

{Charles McNeil Photos')

VIA STATE DOCKS

MAHOGANY BECOMES FURNITURE

The genuine article — Honduras mahogany as ac-
cepted by the Federal Trade Commission — arrived in
Wilmington at State Docks for regularly weekly sched-
uled shipments beginning September 8. It was deliv-
ered by the Robinson Lumber Company of New
Orleans, and came directly from the Nicaraguan Long
Leaf Pine Company in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.

This weekly service will result in direct benefits to
the furniture industry in North Carolina.

Present at dockside during the unloading process
from the ship Managua were Charles VV. Robinson,
partner in the Robinson Lumber Company, and Ralph
Elliott, Elliott Lumber Company, Greensboro. Elliott
is exclusive agent for Robinson Lumber in North Caro-
lina and Virginia, while Wilmington Shipping Com-
pany is forwarding agent for Robinson Lumber.

Part of the regular shipment, long sought by the
State Ports Authority, will be yarded at Wilmington.
Most of the mahogany will go to several furniture fac-
tories in N. C.

"The bulk of our mahogany we expect will be com-
ing into Wilmington," said Charles Robinson, who
made a special trip from his home to inspect the port
operations.

"We have brought in approximately 30,000 pieces
or 360,000 board feet. It is expected that future ship-
ments will be of a minimum 200,000 board feet," Mr.
Robinson added.

The Robinson Lumber Company has been engaged
in the lumber business since 1893 and are specialists
in the manufacture, importing and exporting of ma-
hogany and veneer.

The mahogany story is a fascinating one for North
Carolineans, and is more precisely told by J. H.
Whaley, Editor of Furniture Production magazine
(August, 1958 issue). Mr. Whaley was fortunate in
being able to cover the entire story of how mahogany
is taken from the forests of Nicaragua to the com-
pletion of a finished product at one of our North Caro-
lina furniture factories. The story is of vital economic

interest to businessmen, educators and consumers, too
many of whom give only passing thought to what is
involved when they "have a seat."

The logging operation of the Nicaraguan Long Leaf
Pine Company cover two-thirds of Nicaragua, and com-
munications with the camps are by Cessna 180 and
two-way radio.

First step in securing the mahogany begins during
the rainy season, when the "Mosquito" Indians go into
the jungle and plot areas and cut trails to trees. Usual-
ly, there is only one or two trees in every five acres.
While most of the trees are about 100 years old, many
may be 300-400 years.

After the rainy season, the dry season of February,
March and parts of April begin, signalling the oppor-
tunity for bulldozers to begin cutting main trails into
the jungle.

When the dozers go to work, 6 Indians go along,
cutting vines and killing snakes. Each group has a
gun bearer along who casually kills the tiger, moun-
tain lion or snake which happens to bother the party.
When a road is cut trucks then follow. There are
about 1 3 contractors engaged by the company work-
ing throughout Nicaragua.

The mahogany trees themselves are felled by hand
with a cross-cut saw, and it usually takes a day to top-
ple many of them.

A caterpillar tractor then "snakes" the entire tree
out to the closest road, where it is "bucked" (sawed)
into logs. The logs are then placed on trucks and
taken to a river, where self-propelled barges carry them
down stream. Some of the rivers are unsafe for this
type operation because of river rapids. In this in-
stance, the logs are cut free to float downstream, where
they are caught by Indians along the route and tied to
the bank. The company must pay for each log before
taking possession.

The logs, after purchase from the Indians, are then
taken to mills for cutting, drying and shipment to all
parts of the world . . . especially North Carolina and
its furniture industrv.

In the pictures below, Charles Robinson, Partner in Robinson Lumber Company (minus cap) and Ralph
Elliott, Elliott Lumber Co., Greensboro, exclusive agent for Robinson Lumber in N. C. and Virginia,
pause beside the Managua before watching the unloading process. Elsewhere, the two men watch the
unloading process at the docks. Photo, below, right, shows the mahogany being placed on the dock by
fork-lift truck. At the right of the stack, each piece is counted, as approximately 30,000 pieces had to be
accounted for.

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GRAIN TO MOVE AGAIN

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Grain will move again at Morehead's Ocean Ter-
minals . . . to the tune of 350 tons per hour if
necessary. Shown here is a part of the facility
which is expected to include such additions as a
truck dump and scale, additional track and scale
for 10 railroad cars, and a leg (an endless belt with
cups for grain handling).

GREENVILLE, N. C, Sept. 3.— "After October
10th, substantial tonnages of corn, soy beans and other
grains will be moving through our facilities at Ocean
Terminals in Morehead City," it has been announced
by Fred Webb, President, Fred Webb, Inc., and part
owner of the new Carolina Grain Company.

"Our contractors for the special unloading facilities
at Morehead, The Aeroglide Corporation of Raleigh,
have assured us that these special facilities will be
ready by this date," Mr. Webb said.

"This means that we will have facilities to transfer
our grains from railroad cars and trucks to ocean going
vessels, with capacity to unload and load 3 50 tons
per hour.

"Additions at the Morehead Terminals will include
a truck dump and scale, railroad track, scale and leg
(an endless belt with cups for grain handling). It is
also expected that some tanks for storage will be erect-
ed, to insure adequate cargo for vessels calling at the
port," Webb continued.

Official inspection and weighing at Ocean Terminals
will be under the supervision of the N. C. Department
of Agriculture, headed bv O. W. Faison.

FRED WEBB, of Fred Webb, Inc., Greenville, will
be the "prime mover" in seeing that grains flow
through the port. — (Lawrence photo).

Fred Webb, Incorporated, Greenville, has access to
2 J /2 million bushels of storage facilities in inland
North Carolina. Mr. Webb has commented that with
these facilities at Washington, N. C, Greenville and
Tarboro, grain should move through the port without
difficulty.

Leon Clifton, 29, at present elevator superintendent
for Fred Webb, Inc., in Greenville, will be the new
superintendent at the Morehead facilities. Clifton was
formerly associated with the North Carolina Depart-
ment of Agriculture and held a license as an official
U. S. Grader. He has handled a substantial volume
of grain at the Greenville plant, and looks to his new
duties at Morehead with enthusiasm. Married, and
the father of three children, he anticipates moving to
Morehead sometime after October 10.

An official statement came from Greenville Cham-
ber of Commerce President John T. Barnhill. Barn-
hill, a partner of Hendrix-Barnhill Equipment Com-
pany, said that the expansion program of Fred Webb,
Inc., will benefit not only Greenville and Morehead
City, but all of North Carolina.

"What Fred Webb has accomplished is a good illus-
tration of how more North Carolina businessmen can
obtain their objectives by utilization oi' our State Ports,"
the Chamber President stated.

The Tar Heel Grain Company, Inc., of Speed,
N. C, and Fred Webb, Inc., of Greenville, now lease
the Morehead facility from the State Ports Authority.

LEON CIJFTON, Elevator Supervisor, will begin his new
duties at Morehead about October 1. — (Lawrence photo).

Tar Heel Grain Companj is a wholl) owned subsidiary

of P. 11. Markley, Inc., of Philadelphia.

The new lease runs to December 31, 1959 with an
option to renew for five years. Alter that period, tlu
new lessee will pay an annual rent and agrees to ship
substantial tonnages of grain through the port facility
each year. Revenue is derived bj tin Ports Authority
through grain handling charges.

I). I, eon Williams, I \ecuti\c Director ol tin \. (
State Ports Authority, has informed tin ( ounciJ of
State that terms of the negotiations with the new 1 es-
sees assures payment of outstanding bonds issued to
construct the facility. He said tin \ .ire sufficient to
pay lease cancellation requirements .mil meel all i \
penses connected with the re-negotiations Involved
when the State Ports \uthorit\ purchased the grain
handling facilities from Cargm, Incorporated.

Four major grain companies were approached in an
effort to reactivate the Morehead C it\ grain handling
facility, idle since 1956. Built in 1955 at a cost ,,|
$80,000, the project was financed with State Ports
Authority Bonds. Cargill, Incorporated, the original
operator, used the facility onh one year and paid near-
ly $69,000 in principal and interest on the indebted-
ness. The remaining indebtedness has been assumed
by the new tenants.

Fred Webb, a native of North Carolina, and a 1939
graduate of the School of Agronomy in North Carolina
State College, is married and has four children. He
has his home in Greenville, and is closelv associated
in business there with Pete Alderman. Assistant Man-
ager of Fred Webb, Inc., and William P. Mav, ac-
countant for the firm.

J&*

Truck at grain elevator in Greenville, N. C, at the G. E.
Grain Mills, Inc. A different type lift will lie used at More-
head. — (Lawrence photo).

JOHN T. BARNIULL, Green-
ville Chamber of Commerce
President, believes more N. C.
businesses could profit h\ use
of the N. C. Ports.— (Law-
rence photo).

►

If you've
got it... a truck

brought it !

YES, TO YOUR VERY DOOR

FROM SHIPSIDE

To your very door

BY TRUCK

The N. C. Trucking Industry «erves the fine North Caro-
lina Ports. Trucks serve everyone — especially the more
than 1800 Tar Heel communities entirely dependent en
Trucks for everything to eat, wear, use and sell.

NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR CARRIERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.

Trucking Industry Building Raleigh. N. C.

PROMOTIONS . . .

The appointment of Walter H. Frederichs as Opera-
tions Manager of the Ports Authority Ocean Terminals
in Morehead City, with Charles McNeil as Assistant,
and of Al Smith as Operations Manager at the State
Docks in Wilmington, begins a new cycle in the re-
sponsibilities of an efficient ports management, it has
been announced by D. Leon Williams, Executive Direc-
tor.

WALTER FREDERICHS is Morehead City Ocean
Terminal operations manager, a native of Hamburg,
Germany, and a graduate of the New York Maritime
Academy, N. Y. He holds a Master's License, and
joined the Ports Authority staff in 1954 as assistant
operations manager. Formerly employed as a marine
underwriter, Frederichs is married and has two chil-
dren.

SHIP LAUNDRY

AND DRY CLEANING

One Day Service

IDEAL LAUNDRY AND DRY

CLEANERS, INC.

FRONT & ORANGE STREETS — PHONE RO 2-6651

WILMINGTON, N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

GREENHEART

Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction

of Steamship Piers. Railroad Trestles and

Bridges and Heavy Duty Flooring.

GREENHEART, (Demerara), Inc.

52 VANDERBILT AVENUE — NEW YORK, N. Y.

AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and

to abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads,

dolphins, rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State
docks at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

CHARLES McNEIL, Assistant to Frederichs, is a
native of Whiteville, N. C, and also a graduate of the
Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N. Y. He
is also married and has two children. A commercial
artist, much of his work has appeared in local and na-
tional publications, the latest appearing in the maga-
zine, "Ford Times". Quite naturally, most of his oils,
water colors and sketches are concerned with ships and
shipping.

AL SMITH, Operations Manager at State Docks in
Wilmington, was formerly Docks Superintendent. He
has been associated with the Ports Authority for five
years, and has had wide practical experience in the
port operation.

LEWIS H. LAWRENCE, Public Relations Director,
is a native of Murfreesboro, N. C. A graduate of the
University of N. C. School of Journalism in 1950, he
subsequently managed several Chambers of Commerce
in North Carolina and Alabama. Before accepting
appointment with the Ports Authority, Lawrence was
Executive Secretary of the Medical Society in Bir-
mingham. He is married to the former Mitchell Lee.
They have one son, age seven.

VISITORS . . .

S/S PIONEER MART ENTERTAINS
IN MOREHEAD CITY

Port officials, shippers, city officials, their families
and various steamship representatives were given quite
a treat in Morehead City aboard the S/S Pioneer Mart
at the Ocean Terminals July 2 5, 1958.

This was the lirst commercial call of a Mariner class
vessel to the N. C. State Ports Authority facilities in
Morehead City. To celebrate the event, a congenial
party was arranged by the South Atlantic Division,
representative of U. S. Lines, Mr. Pentacost and Mr.
Bill Davis of Morehead Shipping Co., agents for the
Line.

The Pioneer Mart loaded tobacco for Far East Ports
and company representatives and shippers expressed
hope that many such Far Fast shipments would follow
in the near future. Families and friends of the guests

.M&gP

Mr. ]. A. "Jim" Boykin, of Gallaher, Ltd., watches the loading
of sonic of iiis firm's tobacco hound for England, aboard the
British Vessel Ramore Head at the N. C. State Docks. Galla-
her has used the State Docks for the past several years and
again this year is very well pleased with the facilities and
operations. — (Al Smith photo).

Air. Hugh Trussell. Production Manager of Babcock £r Wil-
cox's Wilmington Works, is shown with Mr. L. T. Arkell.
"Traffic Manager of Canadian-Brazilian Services, Ltd., Toronto,
Canada, as they examine boiler components stored at the N. C.
State Docks. The material is awaiting shipment to Brazil.
The boiler was bought from Babcock & Wilcox, who fabri-
cates components, ships to Wilmington for compilation and
later shipment to Brazil. — (Al Smith photo).

were delighted at the luxurious accommodations and
the line service aboard the Pioneer Mart.

Captain Wilson, Master of the Pioneer Mart, has
quite a distinguished record with I. S. lines and
Maritime affairs. Prior to World War II, he was exe-
cutive officer on the S/S America. From 1941-1943
he was Commandant of Cadets at the I . S. Merchant
Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York.

Grouped on the wing of the bridge are some of the
guests. From left to right are: Mr. Zingelmann, M/C
exporter, Mr. Rowland of James I. Miller Tobacco Co.,
Mr. Bob Hicks, Heide & Company, Mr. Bill Davies,
M/C Shipping Co., Mr. Kirby Moore, Representative
of W. O. Smith, Freight Forwarder, Mr. Walter
Fricderichs, Operations Manager, N.C.S.P.A., More-
head City, Mr. Pentacost, V. S. Lines Representative,
Captain Wilson, Master of the Pioneer Mart. Mr. Col-
lier Cobb, Member, N.C.S.P.A., and Dr. Ben Roval,
U. S. Public Health Officer and Morehead City Port
Pioneer.

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Telephone RO 3-5161 Telephone PA 6-5080

Let us
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You can depend on WS&T
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Port of Wilmington.

This is the bank that knows
and grows with growers,
manufacturers, shippers
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Port requirements!

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Member Federal Reserve System
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HOW'S YOURS?

NAUTICAL I. Q.

The FOLLOWING ARE STANDARD SYMBOLS
USED ON NAVIGATION CHARTS: You're a land-
lubber for sure if you can't read most of them. Answers
found on page 16. Consult only after writing in
answers below. All residents of Morehead and Wil-
mington are expected to make "100".

Bent tubes? Yes — but curved on purpose! Though they look
like "metal spaghetti" , these riser tubes will be used in the
erection of a boiler consigned to Brazil. — (Al Smith photo).

N. C. FIELD OFFICE

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

SERVES N. C. WORLD TRADERS

The North Carolina world trader can receive guid-
ance and assistance from the Department of Com-
merce Field Office in Greensboro. The following list
indicates the scope and diversity of information avail-
able:

Facts on economic and trade conditions;

Lists of potential buyers, agents, or other distribut-
ors and reports on their commercial standing;

Documentation of export and import shipments,
both here and abroad; Tariff rates of foreign coun-
tries on specific American products;

Regulations bearing on the control of exchange
abroad;

Administration of regulations imposing import
quotas and the details of import licensing procedures
in overseas markets;

Statistical data on both imported and exported
products;

Foreign licensing investment and manufacturing
opportunities;

Factors to be considered in the establishment of a
branch plant abroad.

The address of the office is:

Field Office

U. S. Dcpt. of Commerce

P. O. Box 1950

Room 408

Post Office Bldg.

Greensboro, N. C.

Joel B. New
Business Analyst
Foreign Trade

Made in West Germany and shipped via steamship to V. C.
State Docks, these DKW Sonderklasse autos will be distributed
to automobile dealers throughout the United Sititts. — (Al
Smith photo).

He can help you!

Every Southern Railway sales and service
representative is a specialist in shipping
matters. Why not let him help you with
your overseas shipments to and from the
South? He will be pleased to serve you!

SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTE

1 *

WILMINGTON

N. C. STATE DOCKS

Al Smith, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing three 500-foot vessels simultaneously,
with depth of 32 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000
square feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and
masonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE : Three acres of paved open storage,
easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars. Certified weighmasters on
twenty-four hour duty.

TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with crossovers,
full length of wbarf apron; also depressed tracks at
rear of transit sheds and warehouse, entire length.
Storage yard on property for 240 freight cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two 45-ton gantry cranes
for heavy lifts, single or in tandem, and equipped
for 80-inch magnet work and 2-yard bucket op
tion.

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton loco-
motive crane.

Three Diesel switching locomotives.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumiga-
tion plant with two vacuum chambers.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside. Export crat-
ing service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard
Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous highway
motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

MOREHEAD CITY

N. C. OCEAN TERMINALS

W. H. Fricderichs, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 2,5 50 feet long with a 34-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing four 500-foot cargo ships and one petro-
leum tanker, with a depth of 30 feet at mean low
water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry with sprinklers

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.

A third transit shed, the newest, is of prefabricated
steel construction with sprinklers and has capacity
of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Two storage warehouses, totaling
88,000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area is avail-
able.

TRACKAGE: Double marginal tracks with crossover,
full length of wharf. Single depressed track full
length of rear of transit sheds and warehouses. .At-
lantic and East Carolina Railway freight car storage
yard adjacent to Port property.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with
detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cotton
clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full palletization of
cargoes.

Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Equipment for the loading ol
grain in ships or barges available.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks for
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for eas\ access into transit sheds auA
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Up-to-date fumigation plant of most
modern concrete and steel construction is now in
operation. Large single chamber is of latest design.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federal!] ap-
proved potable water supplj at shipside. Served by
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Co., (a wholly-
owned subsidiary of fhe Southern Railway System).
One interstate truck line on property, and scned b\
numerous highway motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

Office Equipment and Supplies for N. C. Ports

Authority Offices Furnished by Storr Sales

Company.

STORR SALES COMPANY

Office Equipment and Supplies

Post Office Box
1546

Telephones
TE 2-5672 & TE 4-1610

1732 Louisburg Road

RALEIGH, N. C.

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents - Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

P. O. BOX 249

TELEPHONES
PArk 6-4651 PArk 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

Peter B. Ruffin

President

W. P. Emerson

Vice-President

Wade H. Pierce

Assistant Secretary

William T. Davies

Manager

W. D. Williams

Secretary

J. P. Wilson

Treasurer

Lemuel L. Doss, Jr.

Traffic Manager

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 376

PROVISIONS.
DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

O. E. DuRANT

SHIP CHANDLER

Representative oi

Columbia Rope Wilmington, N. C.

International Paint Telephone RO 2-4232

Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. Water & Market Sts.

ANSWERS TO YOUR

NAUTICAL I. Q.

(Cont'd from Page 12)

Buoys — any kind (or

red)

Buoys — Black

Buoys — Bell

Lighthouse

LL .. .

fing number

V^/ V^v' Light vessels shov
of mast lights

Beacon, not lighted

R.S.0 Radio Station

Rock submerged

<+F£

Wreck (dangerous)

Anchorage

The British steamship Treglisson takes aboard 5000 hogs-
heads of Imperial Tobacco Company's leaf for export to Eng-
land.

PUBLIC LAW 480 IMPORTANT TO PORTS

UJ6 1 *

Congressman Alton Lcnnon, seated, and 11. N. Larcombe, standing, arc only two of those who
planned the attack to have corrective machinery set in motion to help South Atlantic l'<>:S>. Ah
working in the program were Cecil Tate, Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Congressman Harold '
Congressman Graham Harden.

PL 480 has been extended for 2 more years.

A representative or the North Carolina State Ports
Authority, II. N. Larcombe, serving as spokesman tor
all South Atlantic Ports, along with Cecil Tate of the
Seaboard Air Line R. R., serving in the interest of
Southeastern rail carriers, recently took the initiative
in trying to end what they consider economic waste
in a program under legislation known as Public Law
480. The men spent a year gathering facts needed
to present their case.

With the help of Congressmen Harold Cooley, Alton
Lennon, ami Graham Barden, corrective machinery
has been set in motion.

After several meetings with interested port repre-
sentatives and rail carriers, as well as U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture officials, exploratory sessions were
conducted with the Congressmen and Mr. fohn Heim-
berger, counsel for the House Committee on Agricul-
ture who took the problem directly back to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. It is probable that some of IT
480 may be rewritten, so that the most economic cost
of shipping freight — from the point of origin to stor-
age aboard ship — be followed.

The federal government, through its Department of
Agriculture, is a major exporter of food ami food prod
nets. Under legislation known as Public I aw 4 80,

surplus commodities are either sold at government cost.
sold below cost, or given away through various reliei
programs.

PL 480, subdivided into three classes, is known
simply as Titles one, two ami three. Agriculture De-
partment officials must polite shipments under titles
two and three — that is. see to it that the price paid for
a commodity the mode oi transportation, port used,
and ocean freight rates are all kept to an absolute min-
imum.

When goods mo\e out under I itle one. the govern-
ment cheeks price paid for the commodit\ and
freight costs, but it does not check upon inland freight
rates or other charges.

Where the government controls the entire program,
a large amount of surplus goods moves through the
South Atlantic Poits as the most economical. But
where the government does not police the operation,
none moves through South Atlantic Ports.

Since all these programs are sponsored hv the people
of the nation who. through their taxes, underwrite the
programs, the South Atlantic Ports, which offer lower
inland freight rates from producing territories and
lower costs, art' anxious to bring the subject to a con-
elusion and have the law placed in its proper perspec-
tive.

N. C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

P. O. BOX 1619

WILMINGTON, N. C.

mm. cAsoum &m& urnm

BULK RATE
U. S. Postage

PAI D

Wilmington, N. C.
Permit No. 225

FORM 3547 REQUESTED

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NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

For Economy • Efficiency • Speed .

. Ship via the Mid-South Short Way

North Carolina State Ports Authority

N. C. Ocean Terminals at

MOREHEAD CITY

N. C. State Docks at

WILMINGTON

Charles McNeil, Artist-Illustrator

North Carolina State Library
Raleigh

STATE PORTS

"K Morehead Citv^X
Wilmington ir

NORTH CAROLINA DEEP WATER TERMINALS

BRING A WORLD OF COMMERCE
TO YOUR DOOR

• •on

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-V

JANUARY, 1959

HEIDE AND CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS
STEVEDORES

WILMINGTON, N. C.

TELEPHONE ROger 3-8271
And

MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.

TELEPHONE PArk 6-5080 or PArk 6-3652

PETER B. RUFFIN

President

W. D. WILLIAMS

Secretary

WADE H. PIERCE

Assistant Secretary

W. P. EMERSON

Vice-President

J. P. WILSON

Treasurer

LEMUEL L. DOSS. JR.

Traffic Manager

Wilmington Shipping Co.

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS
Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809 Cable Address

Telephone RO 2-3381 WILSHLPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Carolina Forwarding Corporation 12

Diamond Manufacturing Co. 11

Durant, O. E., Ship Chandler 16

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. 3

Greenheart (Demerara) Inc. 10

Heide & Company Inside Front Cover

Ideal Laundry & Dry Cleaners, Inc 10

Morehead City Shipping Co. 16

N. C. Motor Carriers Association 9

Southern Railway .13

Security National Bank 6

United States Lines Company 7

Walker Taylor Insurance 10

The Bank of Wilmington 8

The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company 12

Wilmington Shipping Co. Inside Front Cover

State Docks, Wilmington
NEW SHIP SERVICE

A new regular steamship service for State Docks at Wilm-
ington has been announced by State Ports Director D.
Leon Williams.

Ozean-Stinnes Line will call at Wilmington fortnightly on
sailings from Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam and Antwerp.

This luill make a total of five regularly scheduled sailings
from Europe and the Far East to Wilmington State Docks
and ocean terminals, Morehead City, since July. More about
the new schedules on page 3.

Williams made the announcement jointly with Heide and
Co., Wilmington agent for Ozean-Stinnes Line. Williams
pointed out that the new schedule will give importers the
advantage of increased sailings. The Hasselburg, above, a
ship of the Ozean-Stinnes Line, as she unloaded in Wilm-
ington recently.— (Star-News photo).

Executive Offices
Suite 220 Education Building

P. O. Box 2485

Tel. TEmple -1-3611 Ext. 7335

Raleigh, N. C.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

JOHN M. REEVES, Chairman

WILLIAM G. CLARK, JR.,

Vice-Chairman

COLLIER COBB, JR.

KIRK WOOD F. ADAMS

ROBERT L. EICHELBERGER

CHARLES D. GRAY

EARL N. PHILLIPS

J. EDGAR KIRK, Secretary-Treasurer

D. LEON WILLIAMS
Executive Director

E. E. LEE, JR., Director,
Commerce & Traffic.
H. C. JACKSON, Traffic Manager
R. A. De VANE, Assistant Treasurer-
Comptroller
LEWIS H. LAWRENCE,
Public Relations Director
S. S. KOSZEWSKI, Representative
H. N. LARCOMBE, Representative

NEW YORK OFFICE

Room 1607, 32 Broadway

New York 4, N. Y.

BOwling Green 9-8389

WILMINGTON OFFICE
TV. C. State Docks
P. O. Box 1619-Telephone
ROger 3-1622
TWX: WM 77

AL C. SMITH

Operations Manager

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

N. C. Ocean Terminals
P. O. Box 507-Telephone 6-3159
TWX: Morehead City, N. C. 8782

W. H. FR1EDERICHS

Operations Manager

NORTH CAROLINASTATE PORTS

OFFICIAL PUBLICA1 ION OF N (.. S. P. A.

January, 1959

Vol. V, No. 1

Correspondence concerning THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE
PORTS magazine should be addressed to: Lewis H. Lawrence, Editor,
North Carolina State Ports, Suite 220, Education Building, Raleigh,
N. C.

CONTENTS

Page
Golden Chamois via N. C. Ports 2

5 New Steamship Services — 3

Corn-7,500 Tons - 4

Equipment for Scrap Exporters — 5

Oil - — 6

Lumber — - — 7

Construction— Wilmington & Morehead 8

Director's Report 9

Success to the Tulley - 10

World Trade and You - 10

Visitors _ — 11

Nautical I. Q. 12

Trade Leads ...13

Port Facilities _ .14-15

Answers to Nautical I. Q 16

A A P A Elects Williams First Vice President 17

COVER

Srat tuiH^pB for tlje Nrui $ear from ttjr &taff and Mtm-
brrH of tb;p ^'nrtlj (Carnltna &tatr Jlnrtu Authnrtly.

AT DRUEDING BROS., GOLDSBORO

Sheep Skins Become Golden
Chamois Via N. C State Ports

Thousands of sheep, 100 businessmen of Goldsboro, the
world's largest chamois manufacturer, along with the North
Carolina State Ports, are a combination of interests serving
North Carolina. The sheep droving scene shown in the left
hand picture began their treck to N. C. ports from the east
coast of the North Island, New Zealand. Their skins will be-
come chamois at Drueding Brothers, Inc., Goldsboro. All
photographs below were taken by Bill Futrell, Goldsboro
News Argus and supplied by courtesy of Goldsboro's Com-
mittee of 100, of which Lynn Covert is director.

After arriving from N. C. State ports and having been sorted for size, the skins, left, above, go to the
"wash-out tubs" (rear), to "swelling drums" (right) to "stretching out machine" (left) and finally are placed
in "pelt starting" piles. In the right-hand picture above, the skins are "split". Splitting divides the skin
into "skiver" or "grain" and "Flesher". The skiver is the portion of the skin next to the animal hair, and

is used for hat bands, bookbindings and other necessities.
The "flesher" is the inner lining of the skin next to the
flesh, and this portion is made into chamois.

After the "splitting" operation, the "flesher" is ready
for "oiling", which takes place when the skins are placed
in drums containing cod oil. Later, the skins are washed
in large tubs and taken to the "drying room." Once dry,
the shrunken skins are ready for the "finishing room" and
"buffing wheels". "Fluff" collected from the buffing process
becomes fertilizer.

It takes three weeks for the skins to be processed and
the Drueding plant finishes about 500 dozen chamois per
day. Distribution is to wholesale drug houses, hat and
leather manufacturers, the automobile industry and to
Borsalino (the Italian Stetson). Skins also reach Germany,
Australia and England.

At the left, Albert Drueding, Rus Myers, Jr., and Rus
Myers, Sr., officers of Drueding Bros., examine their North
Carolina "Golden Chamois."

Five New Regularly Scheduled
Steamship Services

Hard work by steamship agents in Wilmington and
Morehead City, in cooperation with the N. C. State
Ports Authority, has resulted in five new regularly
scheduled services for North Carolina State Ports.

These new services, which themselves generate new
business for the State-owned facilities, have been re-
sponsible for the movement of many additional thou-
sands of tons of cargo in 1958.

A report to the State Ports Authority offices in Ra-
leigh, from O. W. Waters, Vice President for Heide &
Company, Steamship Agents at Wilmington and More-
head City, shows that his company is responsible for
securing one new regularly scheduled line since July.
This is the Ozean-Stinnes Line. Their ships sail from
Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam and Antwerp to Wil-
mington, and then to Morehead City and other South
Atlantic Ports.

According to L. L. Doss, Jr., Traffic Manager for
Wilmington Shipping Company, his company is agent

for three new regularly scheduled services since July.
The first of these is a regular service from Cermany
which was established by the United States Lines.

Wilmington Shipping's second new service is a reg-
ular monthly service from the Philippines, Formosa,
Hong Kong and Japan to Wilmington, and is operated
by Daido Line. These vessels load outward for Manila,
Keelung, Hong Kong and the Japanese ports of
Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Shimizu and Yokahama.

The third new service for the company is an out-
ward service operated by Isthmian Lines from Wil-
mington to Alexandria, Beirut, Lebanon, Juddah (Ara-
bia), Colombo, Ceylon and the Indian ports of Bom-
bay, Calcutta and Madras and the Port of Karachi in
Pakistan.

A newly organized shipping agent. International
Shipping Company, of which Philip Sullivan is vice
president, has also instituted a regular scheduled
monthly service. This is the Mamenic Line.

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shippers

growers and

manufacturers

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to use our complete banking facilities in the

port of Morehead City.

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Raleigh and other

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Morehead's Ocean Terminals

The first shipload of grain— 7 ,500 tons— moved through the new grain
facilities at Morehead City's Ocean Terminals recently, flowing into the
hold of the ship Trinity. Present for the initial loading and expressing
pleasure in the event were ( standing, right, above, from I. to r.), A. D. Stuart,
agronomist, N. C. Agricultural Extension Service and Chairman, N. C. Grain
Production and Marketing Committee. Joe Du Boise, Mgr., Morehead City
Chamber of Commerce; Bud Dixon, President, Morehead City C of C; Mayor
George W . Dill, Jr.; E. E. Lee, Director, Traffic & Commerce, State Ports
Authority; O. W. Faison, N. C. Dept. Agriculture, Robert Darden, Freight
Traffic Manager, Southern Rail Road Co., New Bern: W. W. Faison, Grain

Grading Section, N. C. Dept. of
Agriculture and T. E. Nichols, Jr.,
Grain Marketing Specialist, Agricul-
ture Extension Service, N. C. State
College.

On the left, below the circular
picture, Harry McCallister, Super-
intendent for P. R. Markley, Grain
Buyers, Philadelphia, speeds the un-
loading proceedings.

Center, above; Fred Webb, Presi-
dent of Fred Webb, Inc., Green-
ville, watches the loading-out. The
new operation, known as the Caro-
lina Grain Company, leases the
facility from the N. C. State Ports
Authority.

Southern Railroad cars rest be-
side the Trinity in picture at the
left, above circular picture, pre-
paratory to unloading.

(). W. Faison, Grain Grading
Section, N. C. Dept. of Agriculture,
upper right, lurestles with new prob-
lems brought about by the initial
grain shipment. With Tar Heel
farmers increasing their individual
storage capacity from three million
bushels (in Eastern N. C.) to an
estimated five million in 1959, it is
expected that even more grain will
move through the port.

Below: The Trinity, with both
elevator sections leading to her
hold, accepts the golden flow of
grain. Much of the grain will find
its way to the Netherlands and
Germany.

AT STATE DOCKS, WILMINGTON

Special Equipment Helps Scrap Exporters

AS BUSINESS AT THE TWO NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS INCREASES, SPECIAL
EQUIPMENT MAKES THE THEME OF "PERSONALIZED SERVICE" NOT JUST ANOTHER
SLOGAN. IN KEEPING WITH THIS POLICY, THE SWIVEL AND CHUTE FOR SCRAP IRON
AT STATE DOCKS IS A GREAT TIME-5AVER FOR SHIPPERS. THE OPERATION IS SHOWN
BELOW.

The swivel (left) and scrap chute are shown here as they
were placed near the docks prior to placement aboard ship.

W h

The swivel, left, is taken by crane and placed in position
on top of the hatch, which leads into the hold of the ship.
The scrap chute, right, is then placed in position.

Crawler crane, with special electric magnet, unloads the
scrap from box cars, at left. At the left below, a final
adjustment is made at the swivel. Below, left and right,
the electric current is released from the magnet, and
scrap slides down the chute and into the hold.— (Photo at
above left by W. M. Shaw. Other photos— Al Smith.)

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STATE PORTS
AID MANY
N. C CITIES

By Alton G. Murchison

FOR NATURAL GAS PROJECT. State Ports Authority
workmen at the Wilmington docks unload a shipment of
steel pipe from the cargo ship S. S. Skrim. The pipe will be
used by North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. in the con-
struction of a cross-state transmission system.

(John Browning photo).

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FAYETTEVILLE-Two cargo ships laden with a
total of approximately 4,000 tons of steel pipe con-
signed to North Carolina Natural Gas Corporation
cleared the port of entry at Wilmington and moved
into the state docks for unloading by State Ports
Authority stevedores.

Volney H. Kyle, Jr., executive vice-president of
N. C. Natural Gas, which has headquarters here, said
the vessels— one from England and the other from
Germany— delivered sizeable orders of twelve and
three quarters inches and four and one half inches
steel pipe.

He said the larger pipe is to be used in the con-
struction of cross-state transmission lines which will
bring natural gas into 31 central and eastern North
Carolina communities for the first time. The smaller
pipe will go into building some urban systems.

The pipe will be requisitioned from Wilmington as
needed and shipped to designated points along the
new natural gas line route. Some of it will go to N. C.
Natural's coating yards where the mains will be given
a protective coating of asphalt and glass fibre.

Other shipments from numerous suppliers are sched-
uled to move into the area via both rail and water
during the busy installation period ahead.

Contractors for the mammoth 600-mile installation
project are making final preparations for full scale
operations, which, Kyle surmised, would begin with
ditch-digging activities at intermittent points along
the rights-of-way.

The huge pipeline network will tie into Transcon-
tinental Pipeline at a take-off point near Mooresville
from which N. C. Natural's major eastern artery will
extend 195 miles to Wilmington, and another major
lateral will head northeastward from Lumberton via
Fayetteville to pipeline terminals in Rocky Mount,
Tarboro, New Bern and Washington.

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VIA STATE PORTS

Furniture Manufacturers
Use More Lumber

Realizing the need for more adequate lumber handling

facilities, the N. (.'.. Stale Ports Authority has recently
authorized expenditures to prepare hardstands for hand-
ling lumber.

Increased imports through Ocean Terminals at More head
City and State Docks, Wilmington, of genuine Honduras
mahogany by such firms as Robinson Lumber Company
(above, left) and of Virola lumber by Taylor Lumber Com-
pany (above, right) has necessitated the expansion program.
Increased exports of native woods has also been a factor.
Among the exporters are Continental 'Limbers. Inc., More-
head City, headed by Waller H. Ztnglemann. Mr. Zingle-
mann is shown here (at right) as he inspected some of his
soon-to-be-exported cargo at Ocean Terminals in Morehead
City.

The lumber cargoes move from Morehead City and Wilm-
ington by rail and truck, (below) to furniture factories in
Piedmont N. C.

Central American I'nola lumber, brought to the N. C.
State Doc lis by I he' vessel GRANADA, is destined for use
by North Carolina furniture manufacturers. The lirola
also moves through Ocean Terminals at Morehead City in
the same manner.

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Regular service between North Carolina Ports and Ireland.
United Kingdom, and North Continental Europe will call at
Baltic and Scandinavian ports when sufficient cargo offers.

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

South Atlantic Ports direct to Honolulu, Yokohama,
Manila, Keelung, Kobe and other Far East ports.

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AGENTS
Wilmington Shipping Co. — Phone RO 2-3381

Wilmington, N. C.

Morehead City Shipping Co. — Phone PA 6-4651

Morehead City, N. C.

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NEW YORK 4, N. Y.

DIGBY 4-5800

OCEAN TERMINALS, MOREHEAD CITY

New Construction

Shown here is a part of the new 90,000 square foot warehouse soon to be completed at Ocean Terminals in
Morehead City. Other construction will include a water tank, and additional railroad facilities.

(Charles McNeil photo).

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

Additional construction is being carried out at state docks
in Wilmington. Above are some, of the pilings being driven
for one of the tivo new berths which will eventually be
500 feet each. Construction for the 120,000 square foot
transit shed and the large open berth will begin in the
fall of 1959.

D. Leon Williams

DIRECTOR'S REPORT

"The outlook for 1959 of the North Carolina State
Ports Authority is most encouraging. During the last five
months of 1958, one new regular sailing was added each
month to the existing services at Wilmington State Docks
and Ocean Terminals in Morehead City.

"Construction under way at Wilmington State Docks
will add two new modern berths and one large transit shed.
Construction af a new large warehouse at Morehead City
will be completed this month, in addition to other major
capital improvements af the Ocean Terminals property.

"During the year 1958, Carolina Grain Company com-
pleted a modern grain handling facility at Morehead City.
This new grain facility will greatly increase tonnages and
bring many new ships to our docks.

"It is noted with interest the great increase in general
cargo at both of North Carolina's Deep Water terminals
which increased in 1958 by 20 per cent.

"Greater state-wide interest in N. C. port development
has been evidenced in 1958. Chairman John M. Reeves
scheduled several of the monthly meetings of the Authority
in western cities of our state. As a result, in addition to the
coastal and Raleigh meetings, the Authority held meetings
in High Point and Asheville. This action has proved so
successful in bringing the Port Authority story to the in-
dustrial area of the state that in 1959 many regular
meetings will be held in the central and western part of
North Carolina.

"North Carolina's deep water terminals, berth for berth,
are modern in every respect and the auxiliary facilities,
such as heavy lift gantry cranes and fumigation plants are
unexcelled.

"Each month we note that more and more exporters and
importers in the state are capitalizing on the economic
value of the state-owned docks at both Wilmington and
Morehead City."

In a special feature story published by the Wilming-
ton Star-News newspapers on Sunday, December
28th, the position of the Wilmington Harbor in the
South Atlantic was graphically presented. The salient
points of this story follows:

According to 1957 figures released by the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington had at least
half a million tons more commerce than either of its
two larger immediate rival ports in South Carolina
and Georgia— Charleston and Savannah.

Figures are contained in the booklet, "Waterborne
Commerce in the United States", issued by the Corps
of Engineers.

The Wilmington Harbor had shipping traffic
amounting to 4,752,777 tons— greatly outstripping her
two southernmost competitors tonnagewise. Savannah

totaled 4,210,429 tons and Charleston had 4,115,-552
tons. Greatest tonnage resulted from petroleum, motor
fuel, kerosene, asphalt, and distillate and residual fuel
oil. Pulpwood, iron and scrap metal were next, and
tobacco was also an important item.

Immediately following the special Wilmington
Star-News story, came a release from the U. S. Depart-
ment of Commerce with offices in Greensboro. The
report showed that North Carolina went against the
national trend during the first eight months of 19.58 by
increasing exports by 61 per cent. For the rest of the
nation, there was a 17 per cent decline in exports for
the same period.

Commenting editorially, the Wilmington News said
that "there is much to be proud of in being port num-
ber 2 (in the South Atlantic) because it reflects the
big strides made in harbor growth and activity. It is
also another evidence of proof that expansion and im-
provement along the waterfront, and the State Docks
in particular, are completely justifiable."

If you've
got it... a truck

brought it !

YES, TO YOUR VERY DOOR

FROM SHIPSIDE

To your very door

BY TRUCK

The N. C. Trucking Industry ««rves the fine North Caro-
lina Ports. Trucks serve everyone — especially the more
than 1800 Tar Heel communities entirely dependent on
Trucks for everything to eat. wear, use and sell.

NORTH CAROLINA MOTOR CARRIERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.

Trucking Industry Building Raleigh. N. C.

Kobayashi Ruffin Nakatsukasa Thomason Williams Gray
NEW SHIPPING SERVICE-Officials of the North Caro-
lina State Ports Authority, Daido Line and Wilmington
Shipping Co. met aboard the MS Kotei Maru January 13
for informal ceremonies beginning the new, regularly
scheduled services from State Docks to the Far East. One
ship per month is presently scheduled. Pictured above
(front row) are: K. Kobayashi, N. Y. Representative of
Daido Line; Capt. R. Nakatsukasa, master of the M.S.
Kotei Maru; D. Leon Williams, Executive Director, State
Ports Authority. Back Roiv: Peter B. Ruffin, president of
Wilmington Shipping Co.; Bonner Thomason, president of
Thomason Corp., Fayetteville; William O. Gray, A. L.
Burbank ir Co., Ltd., general agents for Daido Line.

Photo by Ben McDonald, WECT (TV)

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WILMINGTON, N. C.

"Serving Ships Since 1919"

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Piling, Timbers and Lumber in the Construction

of Steamship Piers, Railroad Trestles and

Bridges and Heavy Duty Flooring.

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AREA REPRESENTATIVE — WILMINGTON SHIPPING CO.

GREENHEART is highly resistant to marine borers, to fire and

to abrasion. It is particularly suitable for flooring, bulkheads,

dolphins, rubbing posts, etc.

GREENHEART fender systems are in use at the N. C. State
docks at both Wilmington and Morehead City, N. C.

World Trade...

And You !

Burlap from Pakistan, Mahogany from Hon-
duras, Caseing from Argentina, nails and toys
from Germany, Tea from India and perfume from
France. So you think these things mean nothing
to you? You don't live near a port, so why worry
about "World Trade."

The impact of WORLD TRADE is basic to the
vitality of every North Carolinian, as well as Ten-
nessee and Kentucky. People in this area who have
never seen a ship depend daily upon water borne
transportation — much of it through North Caro-
lina ports.

In one North Carolina city alone, the annual
volume is $13 million worth of exports and $10
million worth of imports. On our farms, through-
out the Nation, 1/10 of the commodities produced
is destined for overseas ports. In North Carolina's
tobacco country, about 1/3 of the flue-cured crop
will reach consumers outside the United States.

But you don't raise tobacco? Perhaps not, but
526,000 persons in North Carolina do work on
farms, and in 1957-58 the state's agricultural
exports exceeded $186.7 million.

Perhaps you're the man who is employed in
manufacturing or by a manufacturing firm. If so,
you have 365,000 fellow workers, who, with you,
exported products worth over $186.9 million dur-
ing the same period last year.

In one of our larger North Carolina cities, 1,000
people are employed as a direct result of foreign
commerce. Thus you see that without exports,
North Carolina would have to shut down many of
its plants.

World Trade, then, is your concern. And, each
year, as increasing tonnages move through the
North Carolina ports of Morehead City and Wil-
mington, your stake in the development of these
two ports increases.

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1878

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VISITORS . . .

MT. AIRY, N. C. VISITORS: The ducks weren't flying, and their plane couldn't take
them home, so a delegation of MT. AIRY VISITORS enjoyed their first trip to Ocean
Terminals Morehead, recently. They watched the first grain loading aboard the
Trinity and toured the 725 foot ship with Captain C. Vagianos. Present on the tour
were H. R. Inman, Jr., Leonard J. Parker, K. W. Pulliom, L. P. Wrenn, Jr., and
Bobby Watson.

Above (picture.', 1 and 2) are visitors of one of the new,
regularly scheduled steamship services, The Ozean-Stinnes
Lines. They are, from lejt to right, Miss Petersen, Mr.
Schuldt (Hasselburg owner) and Mrs. Schuldt. Below is
Mr. Schuldt and Captain Kiltler (right).

Above, (far right) from left to right: John M. Reeves,
Chairman, N. C. State Ports Authority; J. Edgar Kirk,
Secretary-Treasurer, State Ports Authority; Colonel Henry
C. Rowland, Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers and

W. F. liabcock. Chairman, N. C. State Highway Com-
mission. The problem: Where and how should a bridge be
developed between Morehead City and Beaufort so that
shipping can expand in the years ahead? The State Highway
and the State Ports Authority are presently making plans
to survey the situation. The meeting of the above took
place in Morehead City in November when representatives
met to discuss the problem.

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"It's this ii'ay, boys," says "Dcgee" Bell, (above left) State
Representath'e from Morehead City to Charles W. Gowl,
Asst. V. P.. Traffic . Southern Railway. John M. Reeves,
Chairman, X . C. State Ports Authority and W. ,\J. King. V.
P., Southern Railway at their meeting in Morehead City
recently. The young lady serving coffee was unidentified.
The meeting ot cured at a banquet given by Southern
Railway offit mis.

It was a fine day in December . {above right) especially
aftei the Virola lumbei had been given stamp of approval
by customs, the buyer, and the shipping company. Shown
here discussing the problems of international trade are.
left to right: Bill Danes. Morehead City Shipping Company;

/. /). Taylor, Tayloi Lumber Company . Lynchburg, la.. R.

/•.'. Walton, U. S. Customs and Walt I- nedei ichs. Operations-
Manager, Ocean Terminals, Morehead City.

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HOW'S YOURS?

NAUTICAL I. Q.

The FOLLOWING ARE STANDARD SYMBOLS
USED ON NAVIGATION CHARTS: You're a land-
lubber for sure if you can't read most of them. An-
swers found on page 16. Consult only after writing in
answers below. All residents of Morehead and Wil-
mington are expected to make "100".

A small number of a recent shipment of Vauxhalls as they
arrived in Wilmington at N. C. State Docks. The imports of
foreign autos has steadily increased through N. C. ports in
recent months.

TRADE LEADS

Import Opportunities

Alcoholic Beverages:

Italy— STIV1S (Stabilimenti Industriali Vini Imbot-
tigliata Siciliani ) ( producer, wholesaler, exporter of
wines), 301 Via Umberto, Catania, wishes to export
direct or through agent 10,000 bottles and 5,000 flasks
monthly of red and white Sicilian table wines— alco-
holic content of 12.5 c /< to 13*/^; also rose wine with
alcoholic content of 137' to 14%.

Foodstuffs:

Spain— J. Valeriano Gonzalex, S.L. (VALGOSA)
(exporter and commission agent), Ricardo Castro 4,
Albacete, wishes to export garlic, saffron, aniseed,
melons, onions, etc.; also agricultural machinery.

New Zealand— Prepared Foods Limited (manufac-
turer and wholesaler of frozen foods, including fruit
pies, casseroles, dog mixes, potato straws and crisps,
pastry, and related food items ) , P.O. Box 942, Palmer-
ston North, wishes to export prepacked frozen meats,
including hamburgers, veal patties, and boneless beef.

Housewares:

Germany— Gustav Eichenwald (manufacturer, ex-
porter of metal, rubber, and plastic articles), 11 Dan-
ziger Strasse, Neuss a. Rh., wishes to export direct or
through agent large quantities of folding ladders of
steel tubing, white enamel, chromium plated bend,
and rubber covered steps.

Nursery Stock:

France— Ets. J. D. Van der Putte and Sons (pro-
ducer and exporter of bulbs), Route de St. Gilles,
Nimes, Gard, wishes to export direct large quantities
of paperwhite and grandiflora narcissus bulbs in sizes
ranging from 13 to 14 centimeters in circumference.

Export Opportunities

Chemicals:

Netherlands — Werkplastie, N.V. (manufacturer's
agent), 31 Geestbrugkade, Rijswijk, Z. H., wishes to
purchase direct polyethylene compounds in blocks,
rods, and sheets for the plastic product manufacturing
industry.

Foodstuffs:

British Guiana— E. S. Gillette and Company (im-
porting distributor, commission agent), 64 Robb and
King Streets, Georgetown, wishes to purchase direct
and seeks agency for foodstuffs, especially hard wheal
flour, dried and fresh fruits, fruit juices, and salted
and canned fish.

Hides and Skins:

Union of South Africa— Voxan (Pty. ) Limited (ex-
porter of hides and skins), P. O. Box 1193, Port Eliza-
beth, wishes to purchase direct hides and skins.

While reasonable precautions have been made by
the U.S.D.C. which furnishes the above leads, they
cannot be guaranteed. The North Carolina World
Trader can receive further assistance by contacting:
Joel B. New, Business Analyst
U. S. Dept. of Commerce
P. O. Box 1950, Room 408
Post Office Bldg.
Greensboro, N. C.

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SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM

Shown here is the architect's conception of the two new soon-to-be constructed berths of steel and
concrete, transit shed (120,000 square feet) and a large paved open berth, at State Docks, Wilm-
ington.

WILMINGTON

N. C. STATE DOCKS

Al Smith, Operations Manager

WHARF: Constructed of concrete and steel, the wharf
is 1,510 feet long with a 46-foot apron. It is capable
of berthing three 500-foot vessels simultaneously,
with depth of 32 feet at mean low water.

TRANSIT SHEDS: Two transit sheds of 79,000 square
feet each, constructed of steel, concrete and mason-
ry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

WAREHOUSE: One storage of warehouse of 86,100
square feet, constructed of steel, concrete and ma-
sonry, with sprinkler and deluge systems.

OPEN STORAGE: Three acres of paved open storage,
easily accessible by rail or truck.

SCALES: One complete weighing station, handling
both trucks and rail cars. Certified weighmasters on
twenty-four hour duty.

TRACKAGE : Double marginal tracks with crossovers,
full length of wharf apron; also depressed tracks at
rear of transit sheds and warehouse, entire length.
Storage yard on property for 240 freight cars.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT: Two 45-ton gantry cranes
for heavy lifts, single or in tandem, and equipped
for 80-inch magnet work and 2-yard bucket opera-
tion.

One 35-ton locomotive crane and one 25-ton loco-
motive crane.
Three Diesel switching locomotives.

FUMIGATION: Modern steel and concrete fumiga-
tion plant with two vacuum chambers.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supply at shipside. Export
crating service available.

Served by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Sea-
board Air Line Railroad Companies and numerous
highway motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

J»

Here is construction at Morehead City, showing 90,000 square foot warehouse, water tank, addi-
tional railroad facilities.

MOREHEAD CITY

N. C. OCEAN TERMINALS

W. H. Friederichs, Operations Manager

TRANSIT SHEDS: One transit shed of 60,000 square
feet, constructed of steel, concrete and masonry
with sprinklers.

One transit shed, 32,000 square feet, constructed
of galvanized iron, with sprinklers.
A third transit shed, the newest, is of pre-fabricated
steel construction with sprinklers and has capacity
of 40,000 square feet.

WAREHOUSES: Three storage warehouses, totaling
178,000 square feet, with sprinklers.

OPEN STORAGE: A large open storage area is avail-
able.

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Fork lifts with
detachable accessories such as barrel clamps, cotton
clamps, pallets, etc. Facilities for full palletization of
cargoes.
Tractors and trailers.

GRAIN LOADING: Excellent facilities for loading
grain in ships or barges. 250 tons/hour capacity.

LOADING AND UNLOADING: Truck docks for
loading and unloading at transit sheds and ware-
houses; ramps for easy access into transit sheds and
warehouses.

FUMIGATION: Up-to-date fumigation plant of most
modern concrete and steel construction is now in
operation. Large single chamber is of latest design.

SERVICES: Telephone, electricity and Federally ap-
proved potable water supplv at shipside. Served by
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Co.. (a whollv-
owned subsidiary of The Southern Railway System
One interstate truck line on property, and served by
numerous highway motor transportation companies.

SECURITY: Security force on duty at all times.

ANSWERS TO YOUR

Have a stogie, friend? You can't, not until its been fumi-
gated, before shipment, as this was. No, this shipment
didn't go to Europe, but was turned into the pleasant
tobacco medium by a domestic firm . . . after shipment
from Ocean Terminals, Morehead City.

MOREHEAD CITY SHIPPING
COMPANY

Steamship and Forwarding Agents - Stevedores
Licensed Customhouse Brokers

MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

P. O. BOX 249

TELEPHONES
PArk 6-4651 PArk 6-4652

CABLE ADDRESS
MORESHIPCO

Peter B. Ruffin

President

W. P. Emerson

Vice-President

Wade H. Pierce

Assistant Secretary

William T. Davies

Manager

W. D. Williams

Secretary

J. P. Wilson

Treasurer

Lemuel L. Doss, Jr.

Traffic Manager

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 376

PROVISIONS,
DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

O. E. DuRANT

SHIP CHANDLER

Representative of

Columbia Rope

International Paint

Socony- Vacuum Oil Co.. Inc.

Wilmington. N. C.

Telephone RO 2-4232
Water & Market Sts.

NAUTICAL I. Q.

(Cont'd from page 12)

CG.
165

Rock Awash
Wreck Above Water
Coast Guard Station
Anchorages (Small Vessels)
Tidal Current-Flood
Tidal Current-Ebb
^> Dry Dock

Dredged Channel
Mooring

Williams Nakatsukasa Ruffin

PORTS DIRECTOR RECEIVES GOOD WILL TO KEN -

The finest in Japanese hand-made dolls was presented to
State Ports Director D. Leon Williams at informal cere-
monies aboard the MS Kotei Maru at State Docks, recently.
Williams, left, above, receives the doll from Captain R.
Nakatsukasa, master of the MS Kotei Maru as Peter B.
Ruffin, president of Wilmington Shipping Co. looks on.
The ceremony began the new, regular monthly scheduled
service from State Docks to the Far East. The Director
accepted the token of good will for the N. C. State Ports
Authority and welcomed the Captain "to this great port of
Wilmington which is the greatest in the mid-Atlantic states."
" Photo by Ben McDonald, WECT (TV)

AAPA ELECTS WILLIAMS 1ST V. P.

OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PORTS AUTHORITIES are shown here
after their election in Hawaii. AAPA President Dudley W. Frost (right) receives a handshake and
congratulations from First Vice President D. Leon Williams. X. C. State Ports Authority. Con-
gratulations are also extended by Second Vice President Howard W. Quinn, Peru, anil H . j.
Caughlin, California, third vice president.

PHOTO AND STORY INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THE HONOLULU ADVERTISER.

In line for the presidency of the American Associa-
tion of Port Authorities is D. Leon Williams, Executive
Director, North Carolina State Ports Authority.

William's election to the position of First Vice
President came on September 19th at the 47th annual
convention of AAPA which met in Honolulu. Dudley
W. Frost, Executive Director of the Port of Oakland
(Calif.) took office as president. He succeeds Peter
J. McCulloch of Hamilton, Ont, Canada.

The election of Mr. Williams to this position in the
organization hrings honor to North Carolina when it
is realized that the AAPA consists of puhlic port
operators in Canada, the U. S., Central and South
America, the Carihhean and Hawaii.

Part of Mr. Williams duties in the AAPA has
consisted of serving on both the planning and resolu-
tions committee. Among resolutions approved by the
delegates at the Hawaii convention were:

• 1. Support of privately owned and operated inter-
coastal and coastwise Merchant Marine, required
for national defense.

2. Opposed Federal levy on toll collection on water-
borne commerce or vessels for the use of harbors,
channels or waterways within the territori.il boun-
daries of any state except those involved in agreement
with another country.

3. Approved supervision by the U. S. Coast Guard
in the transfer and storage of explosives at non-mili-
tary marine terminals and also on board vessels at
such terminals in U. S. Ports. The AAPA also re-
quested legislation to enable the Coast Guard to
supervise harbor transfer between ship-and-shore of
certain explosives.

Next year's convention will be held in West Palm
Beach, Florida. The I960 gathering is slated for
Montreal, Canada. The 1961 meet will be in Long
Beach when AAPA and Long Beach Harbor Depart-
ment will both observe 50th anniversaries. 1962 may
see the convention back in Honolulu.

Among the delegates to the convention were specia-
lists in every branch of port development, manage-
ment, operation and maintenance. The exchange of
ideas and opinions made at the convention will have
far reaching effects on the economic life of the coun-
tries they serve and on the smooth How of their ocean
commerce to and from the rest of the world.

Mr. Williams is also Chairman. South Atlantic Ports
Committee on Increased Membership, American Asso-
ciation ol Ports Authorities, and a member, Finance
Committee, South Atlantic and Caribbean Ports
Association.

N. C. STATE PORTS AUTHORITY

Suit 220, Education Bldg.

Raleigh, N. C.

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SLEIGH, N.c^

BULK RATE
U. S. Postage

PAID

Raleigh, N. C.
Permit No. 32

FORM 3547 REQUESTED

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NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

For Economy • Efficiency • Speed .

. Ship via the Mid-South Short Way

North Carolina State Ports Authority

N. C. Ocean Terminals at

MOREHEAD CITY

N. C State Docks at

WILMINGTON

Charles McNeil, Artist-Illustrator

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Nor* Carojna Slate LSbf^Y

STATE PORTS

Famous Hatteras Light House

North Carolina State Ports A

N. C. Ocean Terminals at

MOREHEAD CITY

APRIL, 1959

HEIDE AND CO., INC.

STEAMSHIP AGENTS
STEVEDORES

WILMINGTON, N. C.

TELEPHONE ROger 3-8271
And

MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.

TELEPHONE PArk 6-5080 or PArk 6-3652

PETER B. RUFFIN

President

W. D. WILLIAMS

Secretary

WADE H. PIERCE

Assistant Secretary

W. P. EMERSON

Vice-President

J. P. WILSON

Treasurer

LEMUEL L. DOSS, JR.

Traffic Manager

Wilmington Shipping Co.

Steamship and Forwarding Agents
Stevedores

LICENSED CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS
Offices At

North Carolina State Docks
Wilmington, North Carolina

P. O. Box 1809 Cable Address

Telephone RO 2-3381 WILSHIPCO

Federal Maritime Board Freight Forwarder
Registration No. 367

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Carolina Forwarding Corporation 15

Carteret Towing Co. 4

Diamond Manufacturing Co. 16

Durant, O. E., Ship Chandler 3

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Inside Back Cover

Greenheart (Demerara) Inc. 12

Heide & Company Inside Front Cover

Ideal Laundry & Dry Cleaners, Inc. 13

Maersk Line 7

Morehead City Shipping Co. 10

N. C. Motor Carriers Association 13

Security National Bank 5

United States Lines Company 3

Walker Taylor Insurance 10

The Bank of Wilmington 6

Wilmington Shipping Co. Inside Front Cover

Forty tons of N. C. grown chicken (frozen) are loaded aboard
the S/S Kinderdyk. This shipment represents one of the fastest
growing agricultural industries in North Carolina and the fastest
growing broiler state in the Nation. Priebe & Sons, Concord,
N. C, made the shipment.

American exports of frozen chickens, mostly ready-to-cook
broilers, totaled 30,000,000 pounds during 1958, an increase
of 20 per cent over 1957. In North Carolina, 134 million
broilers were processed in 1958. Seventy-five per cent of this
amount was sent out of state. From 1956 to 1958 the dollar
value from North Carolina broilers has jumped $26,447,000 for
a total income from this source of $160,000,000. In 1950,
there were 28,000,000 broilers raised in North Carolina, while
in 1958 134,000,000 were produced.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS

Executive Offices
Suite 220 Education Building

P. O. Box 2185

TeLTEmpIe 4-5611 Ext. 7335

Raleigh, N. C.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

JOHN M. REEVES. Chairman

WILLIAM C;. CLARK, JR.,

Vice-Chairman

COLLIER COBB, JR.

KIRKVVOOD F. ADAMS

ROBERT L. EICHELBERGER

CHARLES D. GRAY

EARL N. PHILLIPS

J. EDGAR KIRK, Secretary-Treasurer

D. LEON WILLIAMS

Executive Director

E. E. LEE, JR., Director,
Commerce ir Traffic
H. C. JACKSON, Traffic Manager
R. A. De VANE, Assistant Treasurer-
Comptroller
LEWIS H . LAWRENCE,
Public Relations Director
S. S. KOSZEWSKI, Representative
H. N. LARCOMBE, Representative

NEW YORK OFFICE

Suite 3903, 233 Broadway

New York 7, N. Y.

R Ector 2-3760

JOHN C. VANDEGRIFF, Representative

WILMINGTON OFFICE

N. C. State Docks

P, O. Box 1619— Telephone

ROger 3-1622

TWX: WM 77

AL C. SMITH
Operations Manager

MOREHEAD CITY OFFICE

N. C. Ocean 'terminals

P. O. Box 507— Telephone PArk 6-3159
TWX: Morehead City, N. C. 8782

W. H. FRIEDERICHS
Operations Manager

OFFICIALPUBLICATIONOFN.C.S P \

April, 1959

Vol \ No 2

Correspondence concerning THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE
PORTS magazine should be addressed to: Lewis H. I.awreiue, Editor,
North Carolina Stat( Ports, Suite 220, Education Building, Raleigh,
N. C.

CONTENTS

Customs Efficiency

Australian Wool for N. C. Textile Industry
Tugs Tow Mighty Transports ..

New Construction

Heavy Machinery to Central America ..

Page
2
3

5
6

Trade Leads .

Port Facilities 8-9

Seed Potatoes for Carolina Farmers 10

Visitors - - - — - 1 1

Staff Meeting 12

Oil— For N. C. and Foreign Ports

State Ports— Fastest Crowing in the South Atlantic

Trilisia Odoratissima -

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14
L5

SPA Appoints N. Y. Representative

iside Back Cover

COVER

Envisioned by Executive Director D. Leon Williams; Art
work by Charles McNeill, Assistant Operations Manager,
Ocean Terminals, and executed by the Editor.

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Mr. R. E. Walton, Customs Inspector, takes final check of
approximately 65,000 bags of seed potatoes which came
through Morehead City's Ocenan Terminals.

Above right — from left to right: Mr. Harry Sink, Ed Bradford
(dark glasses), H. W. Williamson, Frank Ramsey and unidenti-
fied Scout hear Chief Customs Collector Josiah Maultsby, right,
explain to the Raleigh visitors (and 35 Explorer Scouts in the
background) just how a Customs office functions. This gather-
ing at State Docks is just one of the extra civic duties the men
of Customs are called on to perform. Mr. H. W. Sass, Chief
Customs Inspector, left above, just before he sets up the proce-
dure for inspecting the first shipment of wool through State
Docks.

The efficiency with which cargo moves across a deep water port depends upon many
factors. One of these factors is the Bureau of Customs, and Ocean Terminals at More-
head City and State Docks at Wilmington are fortunate in having especially efficient
Customs personnel thoroughly familiar with their work.

North Carolina is designated as Customs Collection
District No. 15, with headquarters port at Wilmington.
Interestingly, there are designated subports in inland
N. C. at Winston-Salem, Durham, Reidsville, Elkin,
Elizabeth City, Beaufort and a customs station at
Washington, N. C. Morehead City, by Customs desig-
nation, is also a subport. In other than deep water
ports, the principal customs function is handling im-
ports which are stored in bonded warehouses. Duties
are paid on these imports at the time of their with-
drawal for use in manufacturing.

Before we illustrate how customs perform when
"your ship comes in", you should know that the head-
quarters port is staffed by first, a "COLLECTOR
OF CUSTOMS", Josiah A. Maultsby, St., who is the
principal customs officer of the Customs District. His
staff at Wilmington includes an assistant collector,

Keith K. "Pappy" Kimmel, Inspector, left below, keeps a weath-
er eye on proceedings as a ship unloads at dockside. Right
below, they do retire! James E. Townsend, left, takes over the
position of Assistant Customs Collector from E. C. Sneed, right.

E. C. Sneed, an appraiser, entry officer, liquidator, ac-
countant and marine division.

So the day finally arrives! Your ship comes in! The
ship is boarded by a CUSTOMS INSPECTOR, who
examines the manifest (cargo list). The INSPECTOR
obtains an oath from the SHIP'S MASTER that such
manifest contains a full and complete description of
all cargo, sea stores, and crew purchases on board.

At the time of boarding, the INSPECTOR also de-
termines the particular cargo which is to be discharg-
ed. If the cargo is subject to a "DUTY", he main-
tains supervision over the vessel during its discharge
and releases merchandise upon authority from the
Customs Office.

Customs men work closely with the Shipping Agents
and freight forwarders in their respective locality.
Generally, it is the agent who handles certain docu-
ments with the ENTRY DIVISION in the CUSTOM-
HOUSE and pay for their client the estimated duties
which might accrue on a particular cargo. The AP-
PRAISER examines all merchandise to determine its
proper classification and establishes a customs value
from the documents submitted. After the estimated
duties have been paid and the examination made, the
INSPECTOR receives his authority to release the
merchandise to the importer.

Another item of procedure is that the MASTER of
a ship, shortly after arriving in port, make formal
entry of his vessel in the MARINE DIVISION of
Customs by paying his tonnage tax and navigation fees
and executing certain other oaths required under the
law. After all cargo is discharged, the master is then
required to CLEAR his vessel for the next port.

AUSTRALIAN
WOOL FOR
TEXTILE
INDUSTRY

Checker W. E. Rich (left) is shown making count of the bales of Australian wool which arrived at State Docks in February. It was
the first wool shipment in the history of the State Ports Authority, (right) The wool bales are loaded from the warehouse directly
into waiting rail cars.

The first shipment of Australian wool in the history of the Ports Authority arrived at the State
Docks in Wilmington on February 24. Discharged from the S. S. Pioneer Gem, 2,880 hales were
loaded into rail cars and trucks for textile plants in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and
Georgia. Much of the wool was for plants of Burlington Industries.

For shipments which were to leave the warehouse immediately, the customs inspectors took
core samples with power-driven augers and evaluated the wool for duty.

William Fayle, Burlington Industries Transportation Director, said all details in connection
with the shipment for his company were handled satisfactorily at the Wilmington port. "With so
many of our plants located in North Carolina, we naturally are interested in having deep water ship-
ping accessible to those plants," he stated. "It would certainly appear that with continued devel-
opment of the port facilities much greater use can be made, which should have a healthy effect on
the economy of North Carolina and its industry."

W. F. Quinlivan checks the
wool bales again before they
are loaded for shipment.

PROVISIONS,
DECK AND ENGINEER'S SUPPLIES

O. E. DuRANT

SHIP CHANDLER

Representative of

Columbia Rope
International Paint
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.

Wilmington, N. C.

Telephone RO 2 4232
Water & Market Sts.

SOUTH ATLANTIC LINE

Regular service between North Carolina Ports and Ireland.
United Kingdom, and North Continental Europe will call at
Baltic and Scandinavian ports when sufficient cargo offers.

AMERICAN PIONEER LINE

Manila, Keelung, Kobe and other Far East ports.

•

AGENTS
Wilmington Shipping Co. — Phone RO 2-3381

Wilmington. N. C.

Morehead City Shipping Co.— Phone PA 6-4651
Morehead City, N. C.

UNITED STATES LINES CO.

NEW YORK 4, N. Y. DIGBY 4-5800

TUGS TOW MIGHTY TRANSPORTS

Tugs (above left) move out at "Crack-o-Dawn," and head for Morehead City's
Ocean Terminals. "Heaving a line", (sscond from left) the tug crew prepares
to pull her transport away from the dock. Sometimes two are better than one,
(second from right) and when two are needed, either the Wilmington tugs or
Morehead City tugs are on hand for the job. (right) Experienced ship's pilots
have given the North Carolina ports an excellent reputation in the South
Atlantic.

\V^ WITH
CARTERET . . .

. . along the south atlantic a tow with
CARTERET is a tradition of confidence
—where only the best serves you . . .

CARTERET TOWING CO., INC.

Radio Island
Morehead City, N. C.
CAPTAIN CHARLIE PINNER,

PA 6-5440

They're stronger than 900 horses but so gentle the
heaviest freighters are snugly and safely nestled at
Ocean Terminals in Morehead City and State Docks,
Wilmington.

Along the South Atlantic, confidence is a tradition
when it comes to tugs— especially those operated by
Captain Charlie Pinner at Radio Island, Morehead
City and R. D. and R. H. Stone and Jack Greene,
Wilmington.

Legend has it that Captain Charlie Pinner started
his CARTERET TOWING COMPANY on a dare,
while R. D. and R. H. Stone of the STONE TOWING
LINE are third generation in the towing business.
A comparative newcomer is Jack Greene of the
CAPE FEAR TOWING COMPANY, of which Ed
Orrell is owner ( for 20 years ) .

Tides, currents and legends for the tug captains are
different at the North Carolina Ports, but all admit
that life is never dull. Where the shippers are con-
cerned, the experience and good reputation of both
tugs and SHIP'S PILOTS places the two ports in an
enviable position along the South Atlantic. The ex-
cellent and safe handling of the mighty transports
through the years has proved their worth to North
Carolina and her State Ports.

NEW CONSTRUCTION

Above is the newly completed 90,000 square foot warehouse ot
Ocean Terminals in Morehead City. Below is an interesting
pattern created by steel and concrete as work progresses on the
two soon-to-be completed berths at State Docks, Wilmington.

Setting the Pace
in the Port City

The Most Progressive Bank

in the

South's Most Progressive State

SECURITY

NATIONAL BANK

WILMINGTON

GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT, BURLINGTON,
RALEIGH, TARBORO

"North Ccolma's Largest Notional Bonk "

MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP

VIA OCEAN TERMINALS

HEAVY MACHINERY TO CENTRAL AMERICA

A complete rock-crushing plant shipped out of Ocean
Terminals recently. It moved with real dispatch aboard
the Ferdinanstor early in February. The rock-crush-
ing plant was shipped under the supervision of New
Bern's Hugh H. Byrd, of Nello L. Teer Construction
Company, Durham.

THE BANK OF
WILMINGTON

MEMBER

FEDERAL DEPOSIT

INSURANCE CORPORATION

WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA

The huge equipment was shipped to Cornito,
Nicaragua, via the Panama Canal. The machinery
was loaded by crawler crane for delivery to the Cen-
tral American Corporation, a branch of Nello Teer
Company. (Part of the loading operation is shown at
left and right above)

In the center picture, Hugh Byrd, of Nello Teer
Company, left, and Bill Davies, Wilmington Shipping
Co., right, supervise the loading operation.

Below, a part of the machinery is lowered into the
hold of the Ferdinanstor.

LEADS

our:

Import Opportunities

Alcoholic Beverages:

France— Cave des Vignerons de .Laudun ( producer
& exporter), Laudun, Card, wishes to export direct
white wine known as "Cotes du Rhone Laudun", in
bottles of .75 liters.

Fats and Oils:

Netherlands-G. S. Kievit, N. V. (export merchant),
21 Westersingel, Rotterdam, wishes to export direct
or through one or two agents well versed in the oils
and fats trade, all kinds of oils, fats, and acid oils
of animal and vegetable origin; also, fish oil, whale
oil, and sperm oil.

Hardware, Building:

Ztaty-Giuseppe Mare' (manufacturer), Via Molini
Trotti 11, Varese, wishes to export direct or through
agent 3,000,000 lire worth monthly of door and cabinet
hardware. Catalogue, price list, and samples available.
Motor Vehicles and Accessories:

Gcrmflny-Mielewerke AG. (manufacturer), Gueter-
sloh? Westf., wishes to export direct or through agent
motorcycles and motor scooters knows as "Miele
Moped". Illustrated and descripitive leaflets available.

Timber:

Thailand— Sawmill Association of Siam (export as-
sociation ) , 75 Sawmill Association Lane, North Sathorn
Road, Bangkok, wishes to export direct or through
agent teak, yand, and other timber.

Wool:

Italy— Antonio La Torre (importer, wholesaler)
55/57 Via Ugo Bassi, Messina, Sicily, wishes to export
raw or cleaned wool for mattresses; also fleece.

Export Opportunities

Clothing:

Saudi Arabia— Ali Abdulla Karime (general mer-
chant, commission agent, co contractor), P. O. Box
352, Prior Road, Manama, Bahrain, wishes to purchase
direct wearing apparel for men and women.
Foodstuffs:

Germany— Konsum-Anstalt Fried. Krupp (importing
distributor), 10 Ostelfeldstrasse, Essen, wishes to pur-
chase direct poultry of all kinds.

Italy— Caetano Nasta (wholesaler, agent), 22/A
Via Rosolino Pilo, Palermo, Sicily, wishes to purchase
direct and seeks agency for wheat Hour.

Netherlands— \V. Bunge & Co. (importing distribu-
tor), 93 Wijnhaven, Rotterdam, wishes to purchase
direct and seeks agency for all kinds of branded
packaged foodstuffs from U. S. manufacturers.

Agency Opportunities

Paper:

Italy— Caetano Nasta (wholesaler, agent), 22 A
Via Rosolino Pilo, Palermo, Sicily, wishes to purchase
direct and seeks agency for wrapping paper.

MAERSK LINE

Far East
Cargo Services

Frequent Sailings from Moreheac City to

Manila, Bangkok, Saigon, Hong Kony, Formosa,

Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia

HEIDE & CO., INC.

109 South Sixth Street

Morehead City, N. C.

Telephone PArk 6-5080 01 PArk 6-3652

MOLLER STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., General Agontj
30 Broad Street, New York 4, N. Y.